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Definitions for harassment
həˈræs mənt, ˈhær əs-ha·rass·ment

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. harassment, tormentnoun

    a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

    "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"

  2. harassment, molestationnoun

    the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism

Wiktionary

  1. harassmentnoun

    Persistent attacks and criticism causing worry and distress.

  2. harassmentnoun

    Deliberate pestering or annoying.

Wikipedia

  1. Harassment

    Harassment covers a wide range of behaviors of offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behavior that demeans, humiliates or embarrasses a person, and it is characteristically identified by its unlikelihood in terms of social and moral reasonableness. In the legal sense, these are behaviors that appear to be disturbing, upsetting or threatening. Traditional forms evolve from discriminatory grounds, and have an effect of nullifying a person's rights or impairing a person from benefiting from their rights. When these behaviors become repetitive, it is defined as bullying. The continuity or repetitiveness and the aspect of distressing, alarming or threatening may distinguish it from insult.

ChatGPT

  1. harassment

    Harassment is a pattern of unwanted and unwelcome behavior intended to annoy, disturb, intimidate, or cause fear to another person. This behavior can be verbal, written, physical or electronic in nature and often involves bullying, discrimination, stalking, abuse or personal attacks. Harassment may occur on the basis of race, sex, religion, age, disability, orientation or other legally protected characteristics. It can happen in various environments such as workplace, school, online forums, community and home.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Harassmentnoun

    the act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety

Wikidata

  1. 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.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. harassment

    An incident in which the primary objective is to disrupt the activities of a unit, installation, or ship, rather than to inflict serious casualties or damage.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of harassment in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of harassment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of harassment in a Sentence

  1. Mario Batali:

    Every individual deserves to go to work free of fear, abuse, intimidation and retaliation, i thank the women of The Spotted Pig for their bravery, their voices and their unwavering commitment to ensuring a safe, harassment-free workplace.

  2. Nicolas Maduro:

    President Guaidó and the (old) National Assembly are the only democratic representatives of the Venezuelan people as recognized by the international community, and they should be freed from Maduro's harassment, threats, persecution, and other abuses.

  3. Heather Steans:

    It is my hope that teaching students about the valuable contributions LGBTQ individuals have made throughout history will create a safer environment with fewer incidents of harassment, lGBTQ children and teenagers will also be able to gain new role models who share life experiences with them.

  4. Emily Applegate:

    When the investigation of the air pressure of Tom Brady's football concludes with a 200-plus-page report, but the investigation into two decades of sexual harassment concludes with nothing, it shows the NFL's complete lack of respect towards women, their employees and for the culture of our country.

  5. Mark Green:

    It's just harassment, basically.

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