"50 cent army" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: A calque of Chinese 五毛黨/五毛党 (wǔmáodǎng), lit. "the 5 dime party", in reference to allegations that the Chinese government employs online shills paid 1/2 yuan RMB per online post at the time they first came to public attention. Etymology templates: {{der|en|zh|五毛黨|tr=wǔmáodǎng}} Chinese 五毛黨/五毛党 (wǔmáodǎng) Head templates: {{en-noun|?|head=50 cent army}} 50 cent army
  1. Alleged Internet users who are paid by the authorities of the People's Republic of China to spread propaganda and disinformation on their behalf. Categories (topical): Internet, People, Social media
    Sense id: en-50_cent_army-en-noun-~PaxDVO3 Disambiguation of Internet: 82 18 Disambiguation of People: 77 23 Disambiguation of Social media: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English numeronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English numeronyms: 52 48
  2. (derogatory) Anyone seen as supportive of China or the Communist Party of China, whether paid or not. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Fifty, Politics Categories (place): China Synonyms: wumaos, fifty cent army, fifty-cent army, 50-cent army Hypernyms: keyboard army
    Sense id: en-50_cent_army-en-noun-BtPSpYgY Disambiguation of Fifty: 35 65 Disambiguation of Politics: 37 63 Disambiguation of China: 41 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English numeronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English numeronyms: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): 五毛黨 (Chinese Mandarin), 五毛党 (wǔmáodǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 五毛党 (gomōtō) (Japanese)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 49 51

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