persecutory

/ (ˈpɜːsɪˌkjuːtərɪ) /

adjective

involving or characteristic of persecution

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Words nearby persecutory

per say, perse, persecute, persecution, persecution complex, persecutory, Perseid, perseity, Persephone, Persepolis, Perses

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Example sentences from the Web for persecutory

The paranoiac is now apt to enter fully upon the second or persecutory stage of his mental disorder.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Perhaps it was a trace of this persecutory religion in her that made Dan accept his present office.
Manslaughter|Alice Duer Miller
This, the second or persecutory stage of delusional insanity, may persist through life.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 5|Various
After the persecutory stage in paranoia, comes the third, or so-called expansive period of the disease.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley

Indeed, one frequently asks himself whether their persecutory ideas deserve to be endowed with the value of actual delusions.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck

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