(n)a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complicated conspiracy is frequently imagined
n. [ F. persécution, L. persecutio. ] 1. The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship. [ 1913 Webster ]
Persecution produces no sincere conviction. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The state or condition of being persecuted. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
[彭德怀 / 彭德懷, Péng Dé huái, ㄆㄥˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄞˊ]Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution#25831[Add to Longdo]
[贺龙 / 賀龍, Hè Lóng, ㄏㄜˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ]He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution#26891[Add to Longdo]
[邓拓 / 鄧拓, Dèng tuò, ㄉㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄛˋ]Deng Tuo (1912-1966), sociologist and journalist, died under persecution at the start of the Cultural Revolution; wrote under the pen name Ma Nancun 馬南邨|马南邨#48956[Add to Longdo]
[郭小川, Guō Xiǎo chuān, ㄍㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄢ]Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution#96433[Add to Longdo]
[パーシじん, pa-shi jin](n) Parsee; Parsi (adherent of Zoroastrianism, esp. descendants of those who fled to India to escape persecution in Persia)[Add to Longdo]