what does persecuted mean?

Question

Hi can u tell me what persecuted means? plz tell me its important

Answer 1

it means to be oppressed by the majority of people around you, usually because of your beliefs or your race.

Answer 2

Persecute. Here's a good example. Jesus was persecuted, He was hit with the cat of 9 tails, His beard was pulled out, He was spat on. He was nailed to the cross for no reason. people just attacked Jesus just because He was the Son Of God.

Answer 3

it means to hound someone on the basis of a belief in a religious sense.

You can take the example of the early days of the Mormon Church, where its members were persecuted to the point of death, they were shot, robbed, raped and pillaged, for nothing more than their beliefs. They were hounded out of their homes, literally.

This is what persecuted means.

Answer 4

A racist would persecute other races. Perhaps by hanging them.
Religious persecution: Xians were fed to lions

I am treated as evil by those who feel persecuted because they are not allowed to force me to believe as they do.

Answer 5

To be made fun of, ridiculed, harassed, abused...is what I think it means to be persecuted and when I hear that I think of Jesus and how He was persecuted and crucified.

Answer 6

To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.*

Society tends to persecute those who have thoughts or beliefs that differ from the 'norm'.

Peace :)

Answer 7

To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.

Similar to racism.

Answer 8

Persecuted - TRANSITIVE VERB:
per·se·cut·ed , per·se·cut·ing , per·se·cutes
To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.
To annoy persistently; bother.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French persecuter, back-formation from persecuteur, persecutor, from Late Latin persector, from persectus, past participle of persequ, to persecute, from Latin, to pursue : per-, per- + sequ, to follow; see sekw- 1 in Indo-European roots

Answer 9

From Dictionary.com
tr.v. per·se·cut·ed, per·se·cut·ing, per·se·cutes
-To oppress or harass with ill-treatment, especially because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.
-To annoy persistently; bother.

Answer 10

1) To opress or harass with ill-treatment, sepecially because of rece, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs.
2) To annoy persistently; bother.