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Synonyms for inquisition
ˌɪn kwəˈzɪʃ ən, ˌɪŋ-in·qui·si·tion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.2 / 7 votes

  1. inquisition

    A hunt may be either the act of pursuing or the act of seeking, or a combination of the two. A chase or pursuit is after that which is fleeing or departing; a search is for that which is hidden; a hunt may be for that which is either hidden or fleeing; a search is a minute and careful seeking, and is especially applied to a locality; we make a search of or through a house, for an object, in which connection it would be colloquial to say a hunt. Hunt never quite loses its association with field-sports, where it includes both search and chase; the search till the game is hunted out, and the chase till it is hunted down. Figuratively, we speak of literary pursuits, or of the pursuit of knowledge; a search for reasons; the chase of fame or honor; hunt, in figurative use, inclines to the unfavorable sense of inquisition, but with more of dash and aggressiveness; as, a hunt for heresy.

    Synonyms:
    chase, hunt, hunting, pursuit, search

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Inquisitionnoun

    a former tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church (1232-1820) created to discover and suppress heresy

  2. inquisitionnoun

    a severe interrogation (often violating the rights or privacy of individuals)

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  1. inquisitionnoun

    Synonyms:
    inquest, judicial inquiry

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How to use inquisition in a sentence?

  1. Jeremy Taylor:

    Adultery itself in its principle is many times nothing but a curious inquisition after, and envy of another man's enclosed pleasures: and there have been many who refused fairer objects that they might ravish an enclosed woman from her retirement and single possessor.

  2. Jonathan Barnett:

    We want to make a statement. This is an inquisition, and we just feel like they are trying to dig up anything they can but that it's one-sided, we don't understand Liz Cheney and Adam. There's just a lot of frustration with the January 6 committee and we don't think there's any representation on the Republican side. We'd like to see [ House Minority Leader Kevin ] McCarthy take care of these issues, but it's something we feel we need to talk about.

  3. Mike Berry:

    This guidance memo is one of the worst constitutional violations I’ve ever seen, and we’ve seen some doozies at First Liberty, this nothing less than a modern-day Inquisition. It demonstrates that the USCG’s real motivation is religious hostility.

  4. President Obama:

    Lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ, in our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ. ...So this is not unique to one group or one religion.

  5. President Barack Obama:

    Remember that during the crusades and the inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ. In our home country slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ.


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