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The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on everyone who worshiped at a mosque or took a Bible trip through the Middle East, you'd have an uprising.
Gail Collins

Meaning of "harassment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HARASSMENT

harassment  [ˈhærəsmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARASSMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Harassment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HARASSMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

harassment

Harassment

Harassment covers a wide range of behaviours of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behaviour intended to disturb or upset, and it is characteristically repetitive. In the legal sense, it is intentional behaviour which is found threatening or disturbing. Sexual harassment refers to persistent and unwanted sexual advances, typically in the workplace, where the consequences of refusing are potentially very disadvantageous to the victim.

Definition of harassment in the English dictionary

The definition of harassment in the dictionary is the act of persistently worrying, annoying or stressing, often used in relation to law or to the act of harassing in the workplace.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HARASSMENT


advancement
ədˈvɑːnsmənt
advertisement
ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt
announcement
əˈnaʊnsmənt
assessment
əˈsɛsmənt
basement
ˈbeɪsmənt
commencement
kəˈmɛnsmənt
disembarrassment
ˌdɪsɪmˈbærəsmənt
displacement
dɪsˈpleɪsmənt
divertissement
dɪˈvɜːtɪsmənt
embarrassment
ɪmˈbærəsmənt
emplacement
ɪmˈpleɪsmənt
endorsement
ɪnˈdɔːsmənt
enforcement
ɪnˈfɔːsmənt
enhancement
ɪnˈhɑːnsmənt
outplacement
ˈaʊtˌpleɪsmənt
placement
ˈpleɪsmənt
reimbursement
ˌriːɪmˈbɜːsmənt
reinforcement
ˌriːɪnˈfɔːsmənt
replacement
rɪˈpleɪsmənt
scarcement
ˈskɛəsmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARASSMENT

haram
harambee
haramda
haramdi
haramzada
haramzadi
harangue
haranguer
Harappa
Harappan
Harar
Harare
harass
harassed
harassedly
harasser
harassing
harassingly
Harbin
harbinger

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARASSMENT

agreement
amassment
apartment
comment
continuous assessment
department
development
embossment
engrossment
environmental assessment
formative assessment
impressment
over-assessment
racial harassment
reassessment
risk assessment
self-assessment
sexual harassment
special assessment
summative assessment

Synonyms and antonyms of harassment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HARASSMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «harassment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of harassment

Translation of «harassment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARASSMENT

Find out the translation of harassment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of harassment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «harassment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

骚扰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acoso
570 millions of speakers

English

harassment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उत्पीड़न
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُضَايَقَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

притеснение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assédio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হয়রানি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

harcèlement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gangguan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Belästigung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

いやがらせ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

괴롭힘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pelecehan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự quấy rối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துன்புறுத்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्पीडन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rahatsızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

molestia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

molestowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

переслідування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hărțuire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρενόχληση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

teistering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trakasserier
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trakassering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of harassment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARASSMENT»

The term «harassment» is very widely used and occupies the 15.857 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARASSMENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «harassment» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «harassment» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about harassment

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10 QUOTES WITH «HARASSMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word harassment.
1
Barbara Amiel
Dictatorships do cut down on rape, and pillage, not to mention sexual harassment, by the simple expedient of sending people to labour camps for life or cutting off their hands without a trial.
2
David Blunkett
Much extremist activity falls short of directly inciting people to violence or other crimes and so is not caught by laws on incitement. Neither does the Public Order Act, used to protect groups of people from harassment, deal with the problem.
3
Rebekah Brooks
The days of foot-in-the-door harassment and snatched photos are gone.
4
Judith Butler
Sexual harassment law is very important. But I think it would be a mistake if the sexual harassment law movement is the only way in which feminism is known in the media.
5
A. S. Byatt
There are things I take sides about, like capital punishment, which it seems to me there is only one side about: it is evil. But there are two or three sides to sexual harassment, and the moment you get into particular cases, there is injustice in every conceivable direction. It's a mess.
6
Tom Cole
I would like to say that what Mel Phillips was doing was not sexual harassment but more sexual abuse of children, because he was doing it in a sexual manner now that I look back on it.
7
Gail Collins
The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on everyone who worshiped at a mosque or took a Bible trip through the Middle East, you'd have an uprising.
8
Denis Diderot
There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
9
Katherine Dunn
The intense campaigns against domestic violence, rape, sexual harassment, and inequity in the schools all too often depend on an image of women as weak and victimized.
10
Warren Farrell
The Myth of Male Power dealt much more with the political issues, the legal issues, sexual harassment, date rape, women who kill, and those issues were very much more interfaced with the agendas of feminism.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARASSMENT»

Discover the use of harassment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to harassment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and ...
This book explores the practice's definition and prevalence, the societal contexts in which it occurs, and the role of factors such as race and sexual orientation.
Holly Kearl, 2010
2
Academic and Workplace Sexual Harassment: A Resource Manual
Provides the results of research and of practical, effective experience in reducing the occurrence of sexual harassment, investigating complaints, and providing counseling and remedies for the victims.
Michele Antoinette Paludi, Richard B. Barickman, Richard Barickman, 1991
3
A Victim's Guide to Sexual Harassment for California
This book is designed to help victims assess their situations and to advise them about how they should respond to the demeaning experience of sexual harassment in the workplace.
Tim Broderick, Timothy B. Broderick and Katrina Telfer Saleen, 2010
4
Sexual Harassment as an Ethical Issue in Academic Life
Bringing both philosophical and legal training to the discussion, this text examines sexual harassment as an ethical issue in education.
Leslie Francis, 2001
5
Passing by: Gender and Public Harassment
Beyond describing the scope and variety of harassing behaviors, the book investigates the different ways women and men respond to and interpret them.
Carol Brooks Gardner, 1995
6
Peer Harassment in School: The Plight of the Vulnerable and ...
What are the psychological and health consequences of victimization? What can school professionals do to help? This volume presents the latest psychological research on chronically victimized children and adolescents.
Jaana Juvonen, Sandra Graham, 2001
7
Workplace Sexual Harassment Law: Principles, Landmark ...
A comprehensive examination of workplace sexual harassment law including important issues, policies, landmark cases, and practical guidelines for effective risk management.
Francis Achampong, 1999
8
Sexual Harassment and Bullying: A Guide to Keeping Kids Safe ...
which is a non-sexual form of sexual harassment. Gender-based harassment may include both verbal and non-verbal behavior, aggression, bullying, and any other type of hostility directed towards a student because of the student's gender or ...
Susan Strauss, 2013
9
Sexual Harassment: Analyses and Bibliography
This book presents analyses designed to help shed light on it and a bibliography sorted for ease of use.
V. P. Argos, Tatiana Shohov, 1999
10
Harassment: Victims and Their Victimizers
This book, HARASSMENT: VICTIMS AND THEIR VICTIMIZERS, will attempt to expose the truth about the sources and reasons for the preponderance of sexual harassment in the workplace and academia.
Sylvia Veronica Scott, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARASSMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term harassment is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Citizenfour' Filmmaker Laura Poitras Sues U.S. Govt Over Harassment
Director Laura Poitras arrives to attend the Chaplin award at Alice Tully Hall in New York Eduardo Munoz—Reuters Director Laura Poitras ... «TIME, Jul 15»
2
Why do so few servicewomen report experiences of sexual …
Now, a new survey has revealed that levels of sexual harassment in the British army are worryingly high. The survey of 7,000 soldiers found ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Christie Blatchford: Ruling in Twitter harassment trial could have …
What's believed to be the first case in Canada of alleged criminal harassment-via-Twitter is just a judge's decision away from being over. «National Post, Jul 15»
4
Judge dismisses harassment charge in cow manure case
BURLINGTON, Iowa - A judge has dismissed harassment charges that were filed against a Burlington woman after she admitted sending cow ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»
5
How One Video Game Cut Down Online Harassment | TIME
These are today's best ideas. 1. See how the world's most popular video game slashed online harassment 40 percent. By Jack Smith IV in Mic. «TIME, Jul 15»
6
Racial discrimination and harassment still rife in Victoria police …
Racial discrimination and harassment still rife in Victoria police, study finds. Africans Daniel Haile-Michael and Maki Issa, who were part of a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Harassment Claim Based on 'Presented Gender' OK'd | Bloomberg …
Tudor's intervenor complaint satisfied federal pleading rules, the court found, because it alleged she was subjected to harassment based on ... «Bloomberg BNA, Jul 15»
8
Will Reddit's New CEO Shut Down R/RapingWomen - BuzzFeed News
Now, here's a sentence from Reddit's May blog post on combatting harassment (emphasis ours): “Instead of promoting free expression of ideas, ... «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»
9
IAS officer Vijay Shankar Pandey moves SC alleging harassment by …
... appearing for Pandey, told a bench led by Justice J Chelameswar that the officer was being subjected to sheer harassment only because he ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
10
LGBT Students Face More Sexual Harassment And Assault, And …
LGBT students are more likely than their heterosexual classmates to want their college or university to do more to prevent sexual harassment, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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