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enemy of the people en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Calque of Latin hostis publicus (compare public enemy).

Meanings

1. (qualifier:typically socialism or communism) A political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group.
   • The NKVD organs . . . could extend the category of ‘enemy of the people’ to everyone who dared to utter a word of criticism. 1968, Robert Conquest, quoting Wladislaw Gomulka, “The Foreign Element”, in The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties, Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 427:

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Relateds

enemy of the state

Translations (38)

sk nepriateľka ľudu (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · hy ժողովրդի թշնամի (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · fa دشمن خلق (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · uk во́рог наро́ду (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · bg враг на наро́да (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · de Volksfeindin (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · fi kansanvihollinen (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · ko 민중의 적 (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · be во́раг наро́да (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · ro inamic al poporului (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · el εχθρός του λαού (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · cs nepřítelkyně lidu (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · de Volksfeind (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · sk nepriateľkyňa ľudu (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · lt liaudies priešas (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · uz xalq dushmani (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · sk nepriateľ ľudu (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · ja 民衆の敵 (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · cs nepřítel lidu (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · az xalq düşməni (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · ja 人民の敵 (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · ru враг народа (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · nb folkefiende (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · tr halk düşmanı (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · fr ennemie du peuple (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · fr ennemi du peuple (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · tt халык дошманы (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · ko 인민의 적 (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · nl volksvijand (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · ar عَدُوُّ الشَّعْبِ (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · ro dușman al poporului (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · es enemiga del pueblo (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · es enemigo del pueblo (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · pl wróg ludu (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · ka ხალხის მტერი (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · cmn 人民公敵 /人民公敌 (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · sv folkfiende (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) · hu népellenség (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group)