Martyr vs Assassination - What's the difference?
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One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.
(by extension) One who sacrifices his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.
(with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.
* {{quote-book
, year=1937
, author=AJ Cronin
, title=The Citadel
, passage=He'd been a martyr to asthma all his life.}}
One who is killed or suffers greatly because of an identity or position, e.g., a young prince killed when his father, the king, is deposed for the purpose of preventing the restoration of the monarchy later.
To make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
To persecute.
To torment; to torture.
killing or murder for political reasons
As nouns the difference between martyr and assassination
is that martyr is one who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom while assassination is killing or murder for political reasons.As a verb martyr
is to make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.martyr
English
(wikipedia martyr)Noun
(en noun)- Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr .
- Stan is a martyr''' to arthritis, Chris a ' martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.
Synonyms
* shaheed, shahidAntonyms
* confessorDerived terms
{{der3, martyr complex , martyrdom , martyress , martyrial , martyrish , martyrizate , martyrize , martyrizer , martyrly , martyrolatry , martyrless , martyrship}}Verb
(en verb)- ''Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
- The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart
- Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. — Spenser
Synonyms
* martyrizeDerived terms
* martyrerassassination
English
(wikipedia assassination)Noun
(en noun)- The assassination of the king occurred at night.