jmdict 1671740 Active (id#2316980)
魔女狩り [news2,nf44] ； 魔女狩 [sK] ； 魔女がり [sK]
【 まじょがり [news2,nf44] 】
  1. [n] [hist]
    • witch hunt (persecution of people accused of witchcraft)
  2. [n]
    • witch hunt (persecution of people considered a danger to society)
History:
    • A 2024-10-11 02:01:30 Robin Scott (id#2316980)
    • Comments
      "persons" is very formal.
    • Diff
      @@ -25 +25 @@
-<gloss>witch hunt (persecution of persons accused of witchcraft)</gloss>
+<gloss>witch hunt (persecution of people accused of witchcraft)</gloss>
@@ -29 +29 @@
-<gloss>witch hunt (persecution of persons said to be a danger to society)</gloss>
+<gloss>witch hunt (persecution of people considered a danger to society)</gloss>
    • A 2024-10-10 06:13:05 Jim Breen (id#2316873)
    • Comments
      I think this works.
    • A* 2024-10-07 01:54:38 Marcus Richert (id#2316189)
    • Comments
      We usually do multiple senses on gairaigo even when all those senses are present in the original English. I think we should here too.
    • Diff
      @@ -24 +24,6 @@
-<gloss>witch hunt</gloss>
+<misc>&hist;</misc>
+<gloss>witch hunt (persecution of persons accused of witchcraft)</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<gloss>witch hunt (persecution of persons said to be a danger to society)</gloss>
    • A* 2024-10-07 01:20:55 Robin Scott (id#2316184)
    • Comments
      It's not our usual style.
As this is a Japanese->English dictionary, I don't think we always need to state explicitly that a term can be used in both a literal and figurative sense. In this case, it would be obvious from context what meaning is being used.
    • Diff
      @@ -24 +24 @@
-<gloss>witch hunt (both literal and figurative)</gloss>
+<gloss>witch hunt</gloss>
    • A* 2024-10-03 21:58:51 Jim Breen (id#2315786)
    • Comments
      Maybe this. Not sure it's needed.
    • Diff
      @@ -24 +24 @@
-<gloss>witch hunt</gloss>
+<gloss>witch hunt (both literal and figurative)</gloss>
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