(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 huáiㄆㄥˊ 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
[邓拓 / 鄧拓, Dèng tuòㄉㄥˋ 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, See Also: 馬南邨, 马南邨#48956
[郭小川, Guō Xiǎo chuānㄍㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔㄨㄢ] Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution#96433