Phrase guide

hunger strike

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fast, fasting, passive resistance, nonviolent resistance, nonviolence

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Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: торолош (torološ) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Arabic: اِضْرَاب عَن الطَّعَام (iḍrāb ʕan aṭ-ṭaʕām) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Armenian: հացադուլ (hacʻadul) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Azerbaijani: aclıq — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Bashkir: аслыҡ (aslıq) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Basque: gose greba — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Belarusian: галадо́ўка (haladówka) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Catalan: vaga de fam — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 絕食 /绝食 (juéshí) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 絕食抗議 /绝食抗议 — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Czech: hladovka — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Danish: sultestrejke — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Dutch: hongerstaking — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Esperanto: malsatstriko — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Estonian: näljastreik — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Faroese: hungursverkfall — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Finnish: nälkälakko — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Finnish: syömälakko — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • French: grève de la faim — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Georgian: შიმშილობა (šimšiloba) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • German: Hungerstreik — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Gujarati: ભૂખહડતાળ (bhūkhhaḍtāḷ) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Haitian Creole: grèv grangou — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Hungarian: éhségsztrájk — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Icelandic: hungurverkfall — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Indonesian: mogok makan — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Irish: stailc ocrais — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Italian: sciopero della fame — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Japanese: ハンガー・ストライキ (hangā-sutoraiki) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Japanese: ハンスト (hansuto) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Kalmyk: харһнлт (xarğnlt) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Korean: 단식투쟁 (dansiktujaeng) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Latvian: badastreiks — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Lithuanian: bãdo strei̇̃kas — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Malay: mogok lapar — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Malay: mogok makan — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sultestreik — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sveltestreik — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Occitan: cauma de la fam — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Occitan: grèva de la fam — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Persian: اعتصاب غذا (e'tesâb-e ġazâ) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Polish: głodówka — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Polish: strajk głodowy — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Portuguese: greve de fome — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Romanian: greva foamei — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Russian: голодо́вка (golodóvka) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Slovak: hladovka — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Upper Sorbian: hłodowy stawk — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Spanish: huelga de hambre — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Swedish: hungerstrejk — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Tamil: உண்ணாவிரத போராட்டம் (uṇṇāvirata pōrāṭṭam) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Turkish: açlık grevi — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Ukrainian: голодо́вка (holodóvka) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Ukrainian: голоді́вка (holodívka) — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Vietnamese: tuyệt thực — a fast undertaken as a means of protest
  • Welsh: streic newyn — a fast undertaken as a means of protest