"enemy of the people" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: enemies of the people [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin hostis publicus (compare public enemy). Etymology templates: {{cal|en|la|hostis publicus}} Calque of Latin hostis publicus, {{m|en|public enemy}} public enemy Head templates: {{en-noun|enemies of the people}} enemy of the people (plural enemies of the people)
  1. A political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group. Wikipedia link: enemy of the people Translations (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group): عَدُوُّ الشَّعْبِ (ʕaduwwu aš-šaʕbi) [masculine] (Arabic), ժողովրդի թշնամի (žoġovrdi tʻšnami) (Armenian), xalq düşməni (Azerbaijani), во́раг наро́да (vórah naróda) [masculine] (Belarusian), враг на наро́да (vrag na naróda) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 人民公敵 (Chinese Mandarin), 人民公敌 (rénmín gōngdí) (Chinese Mandarin), nepřítel lidu [masculine] (Czech), nepřítelkyně lidu [feminine] (Czech), kansanvihollinen (Finnish), ennemi du peuple [masculine] (French), ennemie du peuple [feminine] (French), ხალხის მტერი (xalxis mṭeri) (Georgian), Volksfeind [masculine] (German), Volksfeindin [feminine] (German), εχθρός του λαού (echthrós tou laoú) [masculine] (Greek), 人民の敵 (jinmin no teki) (alt: じんみんのてき) (Japanese), 民衆の敵 (minshū no teki) (alt: みんしゅうのてき) (Japanese), 인민의 적 (inmin-ui jeok) (Korean), 민중의 적 (minjung-ui jeok) (Korean), liaudies priešas [masculine] (Lithuanian), folkefiende [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), دشمن خلق (došman-e xalq) (Persian), wróg ludu [masculine] (Polish), inamic al poporului [masculine] (Romanian), dușman al poporului [masculine] (Romanian), враг наро́да (vrag naróda) [masculine] (Russian), nepriateľ ľudu [masculine] (Slovak), nepriateľka ľudu [feminine] (Slovak), nepriateľkyňa ľudu [feminine] (Slovak), enemigo del pueblo [masculine] (Spanish), enemiga del pueblo [feminine] (Spanish), folkfiende [common-gender] (Swedish), халык дошманы (xalıq doşmanı) (Tatar), halk düşmanı (Turkish), во́рог наро́ду (vóroh naródu) [masculine] (Ukrainian), xalq dushmani (Uzbek)

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vrag naróda",
      "sense": "a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "враг наро́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nepriateľ ľudu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nepriateľka ľudu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nepriateľkyňa ľudu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "enemigo del pueblo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enemiga del pueblo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "folkfiende"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "xalıq doşmanı",
      "sense": "a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group",
      "word": "халык дошманы"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group",
      "word": "halk düşmanı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vóroh naródu",
      "sense": "a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "во́рог наро́ду"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group",
      "word": "xalq dushmani"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enemy of the people"
}

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