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Considered to be of, from, or in tune with the common people, rather than from a ruling elite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
In certain socialist states: of, from, or controlled (at least in name) by the common people rather than a ruling elite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- the People's Liberation Army
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used to label a state as secretly authoritarian or totalitarian regardless of its government.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, humorous, not-comparable
Examples
- the People's United States of America
- the People's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- the People's Republic of France
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, -'s.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
شَعْبِيّ
(šaʕbiyy)
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Azerbaijani:
xalq
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Belarusian:
наро́дны
(naródny)
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Bulgarian:
наро́ден
(naróden)
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Burmese:
ပြည်သူ့
(pranysu.)
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Czech:
lidový
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Czech:
národní
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Dutch:
volks-
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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French:
populaire
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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German:
Volks-
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Hungarian:
nép-
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Hungarian:
népi
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Italian:
popolare
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Lithuanian:
liaudies
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Macedonian:
народен
(naroden)
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Polish:
ludowy
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Polish:
narodowy
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Russian:
наро́дный
(naródnyj)
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Serbo-Croatian:
на́роднӣ
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Serbo-Croatian:
národnī
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Slovak:
ľudový
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Slovak:
národný
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Slovene:
ljȗdski
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Spanish:
popular
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
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Ukrainian:
наро́дний
(naródnyj)
— of, from, or controlled by the common people
