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It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person.
Alice Miller

Meaning of "persecutor" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PERSECUTOR

persecutor  [ˈpɜːsɪkjuːtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERSECUTOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Persecutor is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERSECUTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

persecutor

Persecution

Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, ethnic persecution and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these terms. The inflicting of suffering, harassment, isolation, imprisonment, fear, or pain are all factors that may establish persecution. Even so, not all suffering will necessarily establish persecution. The suffering experienced by the victim must be sufficiently severe. The threshold level of severity has been a source of much debate.

Definition of persecutor in the English dictionary

The definition of persecutor in the dictionary is a person who persecutes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERSECUTOR


Cicuta
sɪˈkjuːtə
collocutor
ˈkɒləˌkjuːtə
commuter
kəˈmjuːtə
computer
kəmˈpjuːtə
disputer
dɪsˈpjuːtə
executer
ˈeksɪˌkjuːtə
microcomputer
ˈmaɪkrəʊkəmˈpjuːtə
minicomputer
ˌmɪnɪkəmˈpjuːtə
neuter
ˈnjuːtə
pewter
ˈpjuːtə
prosecutor
ˈprɒsɪˌkjuːtə
scuta
ˈskjuːtə
sputa
ˈspjuːtə
supercomputer
ˌsuːpəkəmˈpjuːtə
sutor
ˈsjuːtə
telecommuter
ˌtelɪkəˈmjuːtə
transmuter
trænzˈmjuːtə
transputer
trænzˈpjuːtə
tutor
ˈtjuːtə
uta
ˈjuːtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERSECUTOR

perse
persecute
persecuted
persecutee
persecution
persecution complex
persecutive
persecutory
Persei
Perseid
perseity
Persephone
Persepolis
Perseus
perseverance
perseverant
perseverate
perseveration
perseverative
perseverator

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERSECUTOR

attributor
coadjutor
coexecutor
constitutor
contributor
Crown prosecutor
dilutor
distributor
elutor
executor
fautor
form tutor
institutor
interlocutor
mistutor
prolocutor
public prosecutor
restitutor
retributor
year tutor

Synonyms and antonyms of persecutor in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «persecutor» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERSECUTOR

Find out the translation of persecutor to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of persecutor from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «persecutor» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

迫害
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

perseguidor
570 millions of speakers

English

persecutor
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जुल्मी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المضطهد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гонитель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

perseguidor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিগ্রহকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

persécuteur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penindas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verfolger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

迫害者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

박해
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyiksa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người tra tấn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துன்புறுத்துகிறவராக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

छळ करणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

işkenceci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

persecutore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prześladowcą
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гонитель
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

persecutor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διώκτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vervolger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förföljare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forfølgeren
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of persecutor

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSECUTOR»

The term «persecutor» is normally little used and occupies the 124.353 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSECUTOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about persecutor

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QUOTES WITH «PERSECUTOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word persecutor.
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Alice Miller
It is very difficult for people to believe the simple fact that every persecutor was once a victim. Yet it should be very obvious that someone who was allowed to feel free and strong from childhood does not have the need to humiliate another person.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERSECUTOR»

Discover the use of persecutor in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to persecutor and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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King Herod: A Persecuted Persecutor: A Case Study in ...
Haunted by persecutory delusions, he executed almost any suspect of treason, including his wife and three sons. The Hebrew original text was Winner of the Ya'acov Bahat Prize for Non-Fiction Hebrew Literature for 2006.
Aryeh Kasher, 2007
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Fox's Book of Martyrs: The Acts and Monuments of the Church
Persecutor : Sebastian Braitestein, abbot. In Sc via, A. D. 1525. Matthias Weibell, schoolmaster, a martyr. Persecutors : certain noblemen, aAer the commot" of the countrymen in Germany, A. D. 1525. A certain godly priest, a martyr. Persecutor ...
John Foxe, John Cumming, 1844
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Suffering Witness: The Quandary of Responsibility after the ...
The persecutor's hatefulness is revealed to be in utter futility — even as the persecutor intends to never have been addressed by the persecuted, he or she is already betrayed by the persecuted's (i.e., one's own) being addressed by those  ...
James Hatley, 2000
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Paul, Apostle of the Heart Set Free
PAUL'S FIRST RELATION TO the young Christian movement was that of a persecutor.' "I am the least of the apostles", he could say in later days, "unfit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God" (1 Corinthians 15: 9).
Frederick Fyvie Bruce, 2000
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Gripped By God In Christ
Chapter. Two. VOCATION. : From. PERSECUTOR. OF. CHRIST'. to. PERSECUTED. FOR. CHRIST'. In the previous chapter we saw how and to what extent Hellenism (Tarsus) and Jewish religion and culture (Jerusalem) were influential in ...
Francis Pereira, 1990
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Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay
Persecutors Clearly this label is most often used for the antagonist, for it is in the nature of the persecutor to bother others for any number of reasons. Such characters, on the surface at least, have a high opinion of themselves, a clear sense of ...
Andrew Horton, 2000
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Seize Life - While You Can
THE PERSECUTOR The Persecutor is slightly more complex because as a persecutor, i can have two faces. the persecutor either has a negative expression , which means that he is often angry and irritated at others, for example because they ...
Gitte Svanholm, Jørgen Svenstrup, 2011
8
Born to Win: Transactional Analysis with Gestalt Experiments
Game Basic Role Kick Me Victim Now I've Got You, You S.O.B. Persecutor I'm Only Trying to Help You Rescuer A scene begins when the initiator of Kick Me manipulates another person into kicking him or her. As the Victim, the initiator seeks a ...
Muriel James, 1996
9
Evolutionary Theory and Cognitive Therapy
Dissociated Inner Schema in DA: Rescuer, Persecutor, and Victim The IWM of DA is a cognitive structure, an inner schema of self and others, constructed on the basis of repeated experiences in which the infant is both comforted and ...
Paul Gilbert, 2004
10
Transference and Counter-transference
patients that provoke anxiety in the analyst is to be found, I believe, in the mechanism of 'identification with the persecutor'; the experience of being liberated from the persecutor and of triumphing over him, implied in this identification, suggests ...
Heinrich Racker, 1982

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERSECUTOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term persecutor is used in the context of the following news items.
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Anniversary of Falun Gong Persecution Sees Wave of Lawsuits …
It looks like it's a movement against Jiang Zemin, the lead persecutor,” said Matas, according to the FDIC. Rathgeber says he has nothing but ... «The Epoch Times, Jul 15»
2
Religious Persecution On the Rise: Minorities Under Threat in the …
Washington's most important Arab ally also is the region's most ruthless persecutor. In contrast to North Korea, not one church, synagogue, ... «Iran Press Watch, Jul 15»
3
How to deal with the 'energy vampires' in your life
“Victims will want to talk about somebody else as their persecutor. Then if you don't rescue them, then you're going to be the persecutor,” he ... «St. Cloud Times, Jul 15»
4
The End of the Rope? Xi Turns to Confucianism
He contends that in Chinese history, Confucians touched by politics became either the persecutor or the persecuted. […] […] Mao Zedong ... «China Digital Times, Jul 15»
5
The Terrible Fallout of Self-Criticism
Your inner voice needs to be your champion and advocate, not your persecutor. As Outside, So Inside. Earlier this week, I had a conversation ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Why my own father would have let IS kill me
Taim is not his real name, nor is Omar the real name of his persecutor. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
7
Topeka police witnesses: Murder defendant's fingerprint is on SUV …
Judge Parrish, right center, calls the state persecutor and defense attorneys to approach after an objection with one of the state's exhibits during ... «Topeka Capital Journal, Jul 15»
8
Can True Detective find its groove?
... it (see: Velcoro's outrageous action against the father of his son's bullying persecutor in the premiere; Paul Woodrugh, realizing last week that ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
9
Govt urged to adhere to rights principles when assessing Uighurs
... to respect the non-refoulement principle, an international law forbidding the handing over of a victim of persecution to the persecutor. He said ... «ThaiVisa News, Jul 15»
10
'I murdered my best friend - then went to her funeral so police …
... 47 the killer, who was 22 at the time, has spoken frankly about the savage attack and revealed how she turned from, protector to persecutor. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»

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