Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of inflicting martyrdom, or the state of being martyred.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Act of martyrizing, or state of being martyrized; torture.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act or process of
martyrizing .
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Examples
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Beyond my personal disgust, the danger of their martyrization lies in the support it offers to the belief held by many Jews of a certain persuasion that Islamist terrorism is a consequence of the essential bloodthirstiness of all Islam which is bent on destroying Israel and the Jews.
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I am deeply uncomfortable with the incipient martyrization of the Mumbai rabbi and his wife.
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Beyond my personal disgust, the danger of their martyrization lies in the support it offers to the belief held by many Jews of a certain persuasion that Islamist terrorism is a consequence of the essential bloodthirstiness of all Islam which is bent on destroying Israel and the Jews.
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I am deeply uncomfortable with the incipient martyrization of the Mumbai rabbi and his wife.
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Subsequently, our practice of selfless compassion may unconsciously transform into an exercise of martyrization to glorify the mentor and the lineage.
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With few noteable exceptions (e.g. the recent arrest and subsequent martyrization of Warren Jeffs), these heathens are allowed to continue operating business-as-usual without any interference from the local, state, or federal government.
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With few noteable exceptions (e.g. the recent arrest and subsequent martyrization of Warren Jeffs), these heathens are allowed to continue operating business-as-usual without any interference from the local, state, or federal government.
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"martyrization of Gaza must stop", arguing that the Palestinian territory has become "a prison with an open sky" (article in French).
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"martyrization of Gaza must stop", arguing that the Palestinian territory has become "a prison with an open sky" (article in French).
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