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PRONUNCIATION OF PERSISTENT CRUELTY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERSISTENT CRUELTY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Persistent cruelty 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 PERSISTENT CRUELTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of persistent cruelty in the English dictionary

The definition of persistent cruelty in the dictionary is conduct causing fear of danger to the life or health of a spouse.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERSISTENT CRUELTY

persicaria
persicot
persienne
persiennes
persiflage
persifleur
persimmon
Persis
persist
persistence
persistency
persistent
persistent offender
persistent organic pollutant
persistent vegetative state
persistently
persister
persistingly
persistive
persnicketiness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERSISTENT CRUELTY

anticruelty
child cruelty
cruelty
felty
kelty
melty
mental cruelty
novelty
owelty
shelty
theatre of cruelty
Welty

Synonyms and antonyms of persistent cruelty in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «persistent cruelty» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERSISTENT CRUELTY

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

Translator English - Chinese

经常虐待
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crueldad persistente
570 millions of speakers

English

persistent cruelty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लगातार क्रूरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القسوة المستمرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стойкие жестокость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crueldade persistente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রমাগত নিষ্ঠুরতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cruauté persistante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekejaman berterusan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

anhaltende Grausamkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

永続的な残酷さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지속적인 학대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kekejeman terus-terusan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tàn ác dai dẳng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடர்ந்து கொடூரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सक्तीचे क्रूरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sürekli zulüm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crudeltà persistente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trwałe okrucieństwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стійкі жорстокість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cruzime persistent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίμονη σκληρότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanhoudende wreedheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ihållande grymhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vedvarende grusomhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of persistent cruelty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSISTENT CRUELTY»

The term «persistent cruelty» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.484 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERSISTENT CRUELTY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERSISTENT CRUELTY»

Discover the use of persistent cruelty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to persistent cruelty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cruelty and Companionship: Conflict in Nineteenth Century ...
... maintenance and custody orders from magistrates' courts on the ground of ' persistent cruelty', it adopted the definition already developed in the Divorce Court, including threats to bodily or mental health.118 For years afterwards magistrates ...
A. James Hammerton, 2002
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Legislative Drafting
If there is cruelty in one day why should it not amount to long practised or persistent cruelty? Is the wife to wait until she is half murdered? Broad v Broad.54 The words extreme discomfort and wretchedness are used in definition (c) to express ...
V. C. R. A. C. Crabbe, 1993
3
The Grounds for Divorce in Hindu and English Law: A Study in ...
The justices found that persistent cruelty was not proved but that there had been constructive desertion by the husband. On appeal the Divisional Court held that there must be a rehearing, because, among other factors, in the circumstances, ...
P. K. Virdi, 1972
4
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence
Recommendation to amend the Indian Penal Code to punish persistent cruelty driving a person to suicide. — Having regard to the need to deal effectively with suicides that are the result of ill-treatment within the family, it is also necessary to  ...
P.K. Das
5
Violence in the Family
Matrimonial proceedings The magistrates' court. The wife who wants some speedy (and perhaps interim) relief will complain to the magistrates' court, which will sit as a domestic court to hear the complaint. Persistent cruelty is a matrimonial ...
Marie Borland, 1976
6
Animal Cruelty, Antisocial Behaviour, and Aggression: More ...
... 36, 37, 41, 43, 55, 72–75, 77, 84, 87–89, 106, 112, 129, 134, 135, 137 Perceptions, 11, 61, 65, 78, 80, 82, 84, 88, 89, 124, 128, 129, 134, 135, 137 Perceptual schemas/biases, 22, 80, 81, 88, 89, 124, 171 Persistent (cruelty to animals), 9, 10, ...
Eleonora Gullone, 2012
7
Sources of Family Law
CORTON P.D.A. Divisional Court [1965] P. 1 On a complaint by the wife the justices had found that the husband had been guilty of persistent cruelty and desertion. The justices included a non-cohabitation clause in their order, though the ...
8
Introduction to South Pacific Law
The grounds are fault based and in the case of a petitioner wife grounds include adultery, persistent cruelty to the wife or her ... persistent cruelty to children or habitual drunkenness.204 In Samoa, there are three grounds for judicial separation, ...
Jennifer Corrin Care, Donald Edgar Paterson, 2007
9
Children in Practice
An application may be made by a husband on the grounds of adultery, habitual drunkenness or drug-taking or persistent cruelty to his children. In Scotland a spouse may obtain judicial separation only on the grounds of adultery or cruelty or ...
John Peterson, 2012
10
Contesting Realities: The Public Sphere and Morality in ...
“I cannot find, however, that this is evidence of persistent cruelty which would make it dangerous to her health for the defendant to return and live with her husband.” Instead, what the judge did consider cruelty was the husband's charge of theft ...
Susanne Dahlgren, 2010

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERSISTENT CRUELTY»

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The Mad Men Finale: Advertised happiness
A more cliched show would have punished him for such persistent cruelty. Mad Men rose above it though, because sometimes cruel people do ... «Wrestling 101, May 15»
2
Moving tale of cruelty
... when a farmer's wife proceeded against her husband, for persistent cruelty to her and her two children and for (1) a maintenance order, (2) a ... «Otago Daily Times, Mar 14»
3
Brute jailed after breaking skull of three-year-old boy
Judge Lewis added: “That boy had quite enough problems as it was without what turned out to be persistent cruelty at your hands.”. «Liverpool Echo, May 13»
4
Wirral man who left toddler with 'horrific' injuries is jailed
A judge told 23-year-old Lewis Davies, who had also injured the little boy on a previous occasion, that the boy had suffered "persistent cruelty" ... «Wirral Globe, May 13»
5
Oilers' powerplay: putting the “bomb” in “abominable” since 2006
Beneath even that has been the persistent cruelty of the hockey gods, especially the rat bastard named Injury who has been looking askance at ... «Edmonton Journal, Jul 11»
6
Section 498A IPC- Its Use & Misuse
... with another woman and used to beat his wife making it a persistent cruelty within the meaning of Explanation (a) of section 498-A. «Legally India, Feb 11»
7
Ian Huntley attack: the Soham murders
Trial judge Mr Justice Moses told Huntley he had shown ''persistent cruelty'' and ''merciless cynicism'' towards the girls and their families. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 10»
8
Khyra Ishaq died after being 'starved, beaten and treated with …
Khyra Ishaq died after being 'starved, beaten and treated with persistent cruelty'. A girl of seven looked like a 'famine victim' after being starved ... «Daily Mail, Jun 09»
9
Animal cruelty: Why is it increasing?
Persistent cruelty to animals, especially in children, has long presaged more fundamental psychological disorders. In 1966, forensic psychiatrist ... «Metro, Aug 08»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Persistent cruelty [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/persistent-cruelty>. May 2024 ».
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