persecution

The act or practice of persecuting on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or beliefs that differ from those of the persecutor.

The condition of being persecuted.

The act or practice of persecuting; harassing or oppressive treatment; especially, the infliction of injury (as loss of property or civil rights, physical suffering, or death) as a punishment for adhering to some opinion or course of conduct, as a religious creed or a mode of worship,which cannot properly be regarded as criminal.

Persistent or repeated injury or annoyance of any kind.

A time of general or systematic oppression or infliction of torture, death, etc., on account of religious opinion or belief.