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mass surveillance

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: massabewaking — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Catalan: vigilància massiva — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Dutch: massabewaking — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Dutch: massasurveillance — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Finnish: joukkovalvonta — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Finnish: massavalvonta — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Galician: vixilancia masiva — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • German: Massenüberwachung — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Greek: μαζική παρακολούθηση (mazikí parakoloúthisi) — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Greek: μαζική επιτήρηση (mazikí epitírisi) — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Polish: masowa inwigilacja — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Portuguese: vigilância em massa — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Romanian: supraveghere în masă — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Spanish: vigilancia masiva — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it
  • Swedish: massövervakning — surveillance of an entire population or a significant part of it