persecutors
Those who hound
Persecutors are those who persecute—people or groups that systematically mistreat, oppress, or harass others, typically for their beliefs, identity, or membership in a particular group.
The term often appears in discussions of religious or political oppression: The refugees fled their persecutors.
History remembers both the martyrs and their persecutors.
Those who cause anguish
- oppressorsThose who subjugate others
- abusersThose who harm others
- harassersPeople who intimidate repeatedly
- aggressorsInitiators of hostility
tyrants · bullies · inquisitors · antagonists · hounders · baiters · victimizers · sadists
Severe prolonged suffering
- harassPersistently torment someone
- houndHunting dog breed
- badgerNag persistently
- terrorizeFrighten into submission
oppress · victimize · intimidate · threaten · coerce · browbeat · target · scapegoat
Oppressive, absolute governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- inquisitionSustained, probing investigation
- regimeSystem of governance
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
totalitarianism · pogrom · genocide · purge · apartheid · repression · suppression · censorship
tormentors
Those who cause anguish
- oppressorsThose who subjugate others
- abusersThose who harm others
- harassersPeople who intimidate repeatedly
aggressors · tyrants · bullies · inquisitors · antagonists · hounders · baiters · victimizers · sadists · torturers
torment
Severe prolonged suffering
terrorize · oppress · victimize · intimidate · threaten · coerce · browbeat · target · scapegoat · vilify
tyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- inquisitionSustained, probing investigation
- regimeSystem of governance
authoritarianism · totalitarianism · pogrom · genocide · purge · apartheid · repression · suppression · censorship · tribunal
- oppressorstyrants, despots, dictators, autocrats, authoritarians
- tormentorstormentor, tormenter, torturer, torturers, oppressor
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- enemiesenemy, foe, foes, adversary, nemesis
- bigotsbigot, bigots, racist, racists, sexist
- cybercriminalshacker, hackers, scammer, scammers, phishers
persecutorsvictims
Those who suffer harm
martyrs · sufferers · targets · prey · scapegoats
persecutorsliberators
Those who free captives
emancipators · freedom fighters · deliverers · redeemers · abolitionists