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hidden agenda

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody, even though people may be affected in a negative way.

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25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَجَنْدَة (ʔajanda) — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Bulgarian: таен план — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不可告人的目的 — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Chinese Mandarin: 別有用心 /别有用心 (biéyǒuyòngxīn) — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Czech: skrytý úmysl — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Danish: skjult dagsorden — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Dutch: verborgen agenda — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Dutch: geheime agenda — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Finnish: ketunhäntä kainalossa — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Finnish: juoni — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • German: Hintergedanke — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Hebrew: אָגֶ׳נְדָּה (ajénda) — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Hungarian: hátsó szándék — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Indonesian: agenda tersembunyi — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Irish: aidhm fholaigh — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Italian: agenda nascosta — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Russian: та́йные пла́ны (tájnyje plány) — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Russian: скры́тые моти́вы (skrýtyje motívy) — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Spanish: agenda oculta — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Spanish: plan oculto — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Spanish: motivo oculto — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Spanish: motivación oculta — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Spanish: programa oculto — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Swedish: dold agenda — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody
  • Thai: วาระซ่อนเร้น (waa-rá-sɔ̂ɔn-rén) — wish (and plan) to implement a particular idea without telling anybody