"people's republic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: people's republics [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Russian народная республика (narodnaja respublika) (from народный (narodnyj) + республика (respublika) “people's republic, popular republic, national republic”), coined in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Attested in English from 1918. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ru|народная республика}} Calque of Russian народная республика (narodnaja respublika), {{m|ru|народный}} народный (narodnyj), {{m|ru|республика}} республика (respublika) Head templates: {{en-noun|head=people's republic}} people's republic (plural people's republics)
  1. A self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments. Translations (self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments): republika popullore [feminine] (Albanian), الْجُمْهُورِيَّة الشَّعْبِيَّة (al-jumhūriyya š-šaʕbiyya) [masculine] (Arabic), ժողովրդական հանրապետություն (žoġovrdakan hanrapetutʻyun) (Armenian), наро́дная рэспу́бліка (naródnaja respúblika) [feminine] (Belarusian), গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী (gonoprojatontri) (Bengali), народна република (narodna republika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ပြည်သူ့သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ (pranysu.samma.ta.nuingngam) (Burmese), 人民共和國 (Chinese Mandarin), 人民共和国 (rénmín gònghéguó) (Chinese Mandarin), lidová republika [feminine] (Czech), folkerepublik [common-gender] (Danish), volksrepubliek [feminine] (Dutch), kansantasavalta (Finnish), république populaire [feminine] (French), Volksrepublik [feminine] (German), λαϊκή δημοκρατία (laïkí dimokratía) [feminine] (Greek), népköztársaság (Hungarian), alþýðulýðveldi [neuter] (Icelandic), republik rakyat (Indonesian), daon-phoblacht [feminine] (Irish), repubblica popolare [feminine] (Italian), 人民共和国 (jinmin kyōwakoku) (Japanese), សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិត (saathiərĕəʼnaʼrŏət prɑɑciəmiənɨt) (Khmer), 인민공화국 (inmin'gonghwaguk) (alt: 人民共和國) (Korean), ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາຊົນ (sā thā la na lat pa sā son) (Lao), народна република (narodna republika) [feminine] (Macedonian), republik rakyat (Malay), folkerepublikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), folkerepublikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), جمهوری خلق (jomhuri-ye xalq) (Persian), republika ludowa (Polish), república popular [feminine] (Portuguese), republică populară [feminine] (Romanian), наро́дная респу́блика (naródnaja respúblika) [feminine] (Russian), народна република [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), narodna republika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), república popular [feminine] (Spanish), folkrepublik [common-gender] (Swedish), republikang bayan (Tagalog), สาธารณรัฐประชาชน (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát bprà-chaa-chon) (Thai), halk cumhuriyeti (Turkish), народна республіка (narodna respublika) [feminine] (Ukrainian), خەلق جۇمھۇرىيىتى (xelq jumhuriyiti) (Uyghur), cộng hòa nhân dân (Vietnamese), yinzminz gunghozgoz (Zhuang)
    Sense id: en-people's_republic-en-noun-I6za2sAh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 40 12 Disambiguation of 'self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments': 97 2 1
  2. (usually capitalized, humorous) A particular area with strong left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy. Tags: capitalized, humorous, usually
    Sense id: en-people's_republic-en-noun-hVEZIX6w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 40 12
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, 's, republic. Synonyms: popular republic [rare], national republic [obsolete, rare] Derived forms: Mongolian People's Republic, People's Republic, People's Republic of Bangladesh, People's Republic of China
    Sense id: en-people's_republic-en-noun-HYVH2DjS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 40 12

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms calqued from Russian",
    "English terms derived from Russian"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Mongolian People's Republic"
    },
    {
      "word": "People's Republic"
    },
    {
      "word": "People's Republic of Bangladesh"
    },
    {
      "word": "People's Republic of China"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ru",
        "3": "народная республика"
      },
      "expansion": "Calque of Russian народная республика (narodnaja respublika)",
      "name": "calque"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "народный"
      },
      "expansion": "народный (narodnyj)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "республика"
      },
      "expansion": "республика (respublika)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of Russian народная республика (narodnaja respublika) (from народный (narodnyj) + республика (respublika) “people's republic, popular republic, national republic”), coined in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Attested in English from 1918.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "people's republics",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "people's republic"
      },
      "expansion": "people's republic (plural people's republics)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1918, New York Times, Current History, volume VII, page 289",
          "text": "The Ukrainian People’s Republic brings the following to the knowledge of all belligerents: The Central Rada, on Nov. 20, proclaimed a People’s Republic",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1977, Hungdah Chiu, Normalization of Relations with the People's Republic of China (U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs), page 218",
          "text": "Some China experts argue that the internal difficulties of the People’s Republic in the foreseeable future would prevent it from taking military attack against Taiwan.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 December 30, Jyoti Rahman, “A people’s republic”, in Dhaka Times",
          "text": "The Front’s aim is to create a new republic, a true people’s republic.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English humorous terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald, Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People, page 133",
          "text": "Remember, this study was conducted in Massachusetts, in the politically liberal climate of the “People's Republic of Cambridge,” where parents strive almost as hard to create racially nonbiased behavior in their children as they do to get them into the proper school.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, “In Boulder, the People’s Republic revisted”, in The Denver Post",
          "text": "Boulder is one of the few places in the country where you don’t pull weeds out of your garden — you mix them into your brownies. You gotta love a city that everyone refers to as, “The People’s Republic of Boulder.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A particular area with strong left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capitalized",
          "capitalisation"
        ],
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually capitalized, humorous) A particular area with strong left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "capitalized",
        "humorous",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, 's, republic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people#English"
        ],
        [
          "'s",
          "'s#English"
        ],
        [
          "republic",
          "republic#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "popular republic"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "national republic"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "republika popullore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "al-jumhūriyya š-šaʕbiyya",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "الْجُمْهُورِيَّة الشَّعْبِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "žoġovrdakan hanrapetutʻyun",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "ժողովրդական հանրապետություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "naródnaja respúblika",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "наро́дная рэспу́бліка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "gonoprojatontri",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "narodna republika",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "народна република"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "pranysu.samma.ta.nuingngam",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "ပြည်သူ့သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "人民共和國"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rénmín gònghéguó",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "人民共和国"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lidová republika"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "folkerepublik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volksrepubliek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "kansantasavalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "république populaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Volksrepublik"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "laïkí dimokratía",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λαϊκή δημοκρατία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "népköztársaság"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alþýðulýðveldi"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "republik rakyat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "daon-phoblacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "repubblica popolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jinmin kyōwakoku",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "人民共和国"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "saathiərĕəʼnaʼrŏət prɑɑciəmiənɨt",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិត"
    },
    {
      "alt": "人民共和國",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "inmin'gonghwaguk",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "인민공화국"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sā thā la na lat pa sā son",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາຊົນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "narodna republika",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "народна република"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "republik rakyat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folkerepublikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folkerepublikk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "jomhuri-ye xalq",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "جمهوری خلق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "republika ludowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "república popular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "republică populară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naródnaja respúblika",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "наро́дная респу́блика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "народна република"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "narodna republika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "república popular"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "folkrepublik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "republikang bayan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát bprà-chaa-chon",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "สาธารณรัฐประชาชน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "halk cumhuriyeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "narodna respublika",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "народна республіка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "xelq jumhuriyiti",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "خەلق جۇمھۇرىيىتى"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "cộng hòa nhân dân"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "yinzminz gunghozgoz"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "people's republic"
  ],
  "word": "people's republic"
}

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