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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

迫害

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hakugai

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Persecution/ˌpɜː.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼らは迫害から逃れるために母国を離れた。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs.

    "They fled their homeland to escape religious persecution."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin persecutio, from persequi meaning 'to follow closely, pursue, persecute', formed from per- ('through, thoroughly') + sequi ('to follow'). It entered Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, initially carrying the broad sense of hostile pursuit or oppression, particularly regarding religious beliefs.

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