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A fast undertaken as a means of protest, often by a prisoner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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a voluntary fast undertaken as a means of protest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fast, fasting, passive resistance, nonviolent resistance, nonviolence
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Southern Altai:
торолош
(torološ)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Arabic:
اِضْرَاب عَن الطَّعَام
(iḍrāb ʕan aṭ-ṭaʕām)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Armenian:
հացադուլ
(hacʻadul)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Azerbaijani:
aclıq
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Bashkir:
аслыҡ
(aslıq)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Basque:
gose greba
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Belarusian:
галадо́ўка
(haladówka)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Catalan:
vaga de fam
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Chinese Mandarin:
絕食 /绝食
(juéshí)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Chinese Mandarin:
絕食抗議 /绝食抗议
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Czech:
hladovka
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Danish:
sultestrejke
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Dutch:
hongerstaking
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Esperanto:
malsatstriko
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Estonian:
näljastreik
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Faroese:
hungursverkfall
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Finnish:
nälkälakko
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Finnish:
syömälakko
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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French:
grève de la faim
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Georgian:
შიმშილობა
(šimšiloba)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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German:
Hungerstreik
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Gujarati:
ભૂખહડતાળ
(bhūkhhaḍtāḷ)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Haitian Creole:
grèv grangou
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Hungarian:
éhségsztrájk
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Icelandic:
hungurverkfall
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Indonesian:
mogok makan
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Irish:
stailc ocrais
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Italian:
sciopero della fame
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Japanese:
ハンガー・ストライキ
(hangā-sutoraiki)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Japanese:
ハンスト
(hansuto)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Kalmyk:
харһнлт
(xarğnlt)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Korean:
단식투쟁
(dansiktujaeng)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Latvian:
badastreiks
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Lithuanian:
bãdo strei̇̃kas
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Malay:
mogok lapar
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Malay:
mogok makan
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Norwegian Bokmål:
sultestreik
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
sveltestreik
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Occitan:
cauma de la fam
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Occitan:
grèva de la fam
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Persian:
اعتصاب غذا
(e'tesâb-e ġazâ)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Polish:
głodówka
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Polish:
strajk głodowy
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Portuguese:
greve de fome
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Romanian:
greva foamei
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Russian:
голодо́вка
(golodóvka)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Slovak:
hladovka
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Upper Sorbian:
hłodowy stawk
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Spanish:
huelga de hambre
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Swedish:
hungerstrejk
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Tamil:
உண்ணாவிரத போராட்டம்
(uṇṇāvirata pōrāṭṭam)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Turkish:
açlık grevi
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Ukrainian:
голодо́вка
(holodóvka)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Ukrainian:
голоді́вка
(holodívka)
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Vietnamese:
tuyệt thực
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest
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Welsh:
streic newyn
— a fast undertaken as a means of protest