Exile and Persecution

Exile

Exile noun - The forced removal from a homeland.

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Persecution and exile are semantically related in oppression topic. In some cases you can use "Persecution" instead a noun "Exile".

Nearby Words: exiled, exiling, exilic

Persecution

Persecution noun - The act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion).

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Exile and persecution are semantically related in affliction topic. Sometimes you can use "Exile" instead a noun "Persecution", if it concerns topics such as oppression.

Nearby Words: persecute, persecuted, persecutor, persecuting

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How words are described

human	human exile	human persecution
old	old exile	old persecution
mass	mass exile	mass persecution
initial	initial exile	initial persecution
Other adjectives: serious, social, religious, political, later, mysterious, subsequent, last, recent.

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He lived the rest of his life fleeing persecution across the country, an renegade exile, protected only by those sympathetic to his plight (such as Konishi Yukinaga and Maeda Toshiie, whom he served faithfully in exchange of shelter).

Source: Useful Notes / Dom Justo Takayama Ukon
The fact that even in exile, Jews maintained their religion and culture, despite repeated violence inflicted on them, millennia of anti-Semitism and persecution from other religions, is seen by some Jews as a testament to either Jewish persistence or Jewish stubbornness.

Source: Useful Notes / Jewish Revolts

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