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persecution

systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group
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persecution

Summary

persecution ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (899 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • persecution is a type of violence[2].
  • persecution is a type of oppression[3].
  • persecution is a type of social issue[4].
  • persecution is a type of occurrence[5].
  • persecution's Commons category is recorded as Persecution[6].
  • persecution's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Persecution[7].
  • persecution's in opposition to is recorded as individual[8].
  • persecution's in opposition to is recorded as group of humans[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include violence[2], oppression[3], social issue[4], and occurrence[5].

Why It Matters

persecution ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (899 views/month).[1] persecution has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] persecution is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_persecution_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{persecution}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/persecution}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-01}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → persecutions, persecution
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: persecution, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289954424|persecution (#289954424)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  2. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → persecutions, persecution
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: persecutions, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289954425|persecutions (#289954425)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0202401-perzekuce
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0202401-perzekuce, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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