Synonyms & related words for persecutory

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Words related to persecutory

Explore words related to persecutory — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include persecution, persecutors, persecuted, persecutes, persecuting, paranoic, paranoically, paranoiacally. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does persecutory come from?

The word persecutory breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: per-, from Latin per (“thoroughly”); secut, from Latin sequi (“to follow”); and -ory, from Latin -orius (“pertaining to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.