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Martyr

A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, 'witness' stem μαρτυρ-, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In colloquial usage, the term can also refer to any person who suffers a significant consequence in protest or…

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Notable people entitled as religious martyrs

Ten MartyrsSaint SebastianHripsimeTrdat IIISaint Agnes of Rome
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1916 Easter RisingEaster WeekCourts martialProclamation of IndependenceExecuted by firing squad
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Revolutionary martyr

RevolutionaryFranceJacobinJean-Paul MaratCharlotte Corday
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Notable people entitled as political martyrs

Hintsa kaKhawutaAbraham LincolnJohn Wilkes BoothChe GuevaraCuba
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Martyrdom in the Middle East

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related to Notable people entitled as religious martyrs · 60
Martyr → Abd Allah, Ali, Auschwitz, BCE, Black, Canonised, Carthage Jail, CE, Chadar, Christ, Christian, Church, Confessors, England, Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, Greek, Guru Arjan Dev, Guru Tegh Bahadur, Henry VIII, Hind
related to Sovereignty · 30
Martyr → April, Bobby Sands, Controversially, Crown, Easter Rising, Easter Week, England, Fenians, Fifteen, Frederick Engels, Harpers Ferry, Independence, Ireland, Irishmen, John Brown, Karl Marx, Kilmainham Gaol, Manchester City Police, Maxwell, May
related to Communism · 29
Martyr → Canadian, China, Chinese Civil War, Communist Party, CPI, Here, Huangpu River, In, In Kerala, INC, India, Jiang Zhuyun, Kannur, Kerala, Liu Hulan, Longhua Martyrs' Memorial, Many, Monument, Most, Notable
related to Revolutionary martyr · 26
Martyr → Algerian, Blood, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Charlotte Corday, During, French Revolution, Guru Radha Kishan, In, In Algeria, In Colombia, In France, In India, In Vietnam, Indian, Jacobin, Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Paul Marat, Marat, Nguyễn Thái Học, North Korea
related to Further reading · 24
Martyr → Behavioral Decision Making, Bélanger, Cause, Christopher, Effort Increase Prosocial Contributions, Eldar Shafir, George, Jocelyn, Journal, Kateb, Making, Martyrdom, Morality, Name, Olivola, Personality, Self-Denial, Self-Sacrifice, Social Psychology, Social Research
related to Notable people entitled as political martyrs · 23
Martyr → Abraham Lincoln, Alexei Navalny, American Civil War, Assassinated, Bolivia, Che Guevara, Confederate, Congo, Cuba, FKU IK-3, Harper's Ferry, He, Hintsa War, John Brown, John Wilkes Booth, King Hintsa, Leninist, Many, Marxist, President
related to Bibliography · 20
Martyr → Abolitionist John Brown Is, Buchenwald, Catholic EncyclopediaFoster, Christian, Claude, Editors, German Church Struggle, Hanged, History, ISBN, Jr, Mar, Martyrs, Nazi Germany, PA, Paul Schneider, Sourcebook, SSI Bookstore, West Chester University, Westchester
related to External links · 9
Martyr → Archived, Encyclopedia, Fox's Book, Martyrdom, Martyrs, Politics, Religion, September, Wayback Machine
related to Meaning · 8
Martyr → Bible, Christian, During, English, In, Josephus, New Testament, The
related to Unionism · 8
Martyr → Agricultural Labourers, Australia, But, Dorset, England, Friendly Society, The, The Tolpuddle Martyrs

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Martyris arelational figure of a society's boundary work that is produced by collective memory0.90text
Jesus Freaksinstance ofdepicted in books0.80text
though the numbers are disputedinstance ofdepicted in books0.80text
the Canadian physician Tillson Harrisoninstance ofmost particularly the many victims of the 1927 Shanghai massacre but also including devoted humanitarians during the Chinese Civil War0.80text
Keralainstance ofMost of them hail from mainly leftist states0.80text
and Tripurainstance ofMost of them hail from mainly leftist states0.80text
Sea of Bloodinstance ofas depicted in literary works0.80text
Martyrrelated to BibliographyMartyrs0.60section
Martyrrelated to BibliographyCatholic EncyclopediaFoster0.60section
Martyrrelated to BibliographyClaude0.60section
Martyrrelated to BibliographyJr0.60section
Martyrrelated to BibliographyPaul Schneider0.60section

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