English Dictionary

witch-hunting

名詞

歴史的 不可算名詞

(chiefly historical) Engagement in a witch-hunt; searching for witches or for evidence against them. / Engagement in a political witch-hunt; unjust or ideological persecution.

日本語の意味

歴史的には、魔女とされる者やその証拠を探し出し、魔女狩りを行う行為。 / 政治的文脈では、イデオロギーに基づく不当な迫害や追及を意味する比喩的な魔女狩り。

Although the novel is set in modern times, it vividly depicts the hysteria and witch-hunting that destroyed small communities centuries ago.

その小説は現代を舞台にしているが、それでも数世紀前に小さな共同体を破壊した熱狂と魔女狩りへの関与を生々しく描いている。

意味（1）

(chiefly historical) Engagement in a witch-hunt; searching for witches or for evidence against them.

Witch-hunting has often been prominent both in revolutionary movements which directly opposed and helped to end colonialism or white supremacy, and in the successor states, under native regimes, which emerged out of the former colonies.

意味（2）

Engagement in a political witch-hunt; unjust or ideological persecution.

Noble had accused the Rugby Football League of an element of witch-hunting before accompanying Fielden to his disciplinary hearing, which he admitted was disruptive in cup final week.