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A person imprisoned for their political views or political activism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
someone who is imprisoned because of their political views
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prisoner, captive
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
سَجِين سِيَاسِيّ
(sajīn siyāsiyy)
— person
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Arabic:
مُعْتَقَل سِيَاسِيّ
(muʕtaqal siyāsiyy)
— person
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Armenian:
քաղաքական բանտարկյալ
(kʻaġakʻakan bantarkyal)
— person
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Armenian:
քաղբանտարկյալ
(kʻaġbantarkyal)
— person
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Asturian:
presu políticu
— person
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Basque:
preso politiko
— person
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Belarusian:
паліты́чны вя́зень
(palitýčny vjázjenʹ)
— person
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Belarusian:
паліты́чны зняво́лены
(palitýčny znjavóljeny)
— person
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Belarusian:
палітвя́зень
(palitvjázjenʹ)
— person
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Belarusian:
палітзняво́лены
(palitznjavóljeny)
— person
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Bulgarian:
полити́чески затво́рник
(politíčeski zatvórnik)
— person
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Bulgarian:
полити́ческа затво́рничка
(politíčeska zatvórnička)
— person
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Burmese:
နိုင်ငံရေးအကျဉ်းသား
(nuingngam-re:a.kyany:sa:)
— person
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Catalan:
pres polític
— person
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Chinese Mandarin:
政治犯
(zhèngzhìfàn)
— person
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Crimean Tatar:
siyasiy mabus
— person
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Czech:
politický vězeň
— person
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Danish:
politisk fange
— person
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Dutch:
politieke gevangene
— person
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Estonian:
poliitvang
— person
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Finnish:
mielipidevanki
— person
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Finnish:
poliittinen vanki
— person
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French:
prisonnier politique
— person
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Galician:
preso político
— person
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Georgian:
პოლიტიკური პატიმარი
(ṗoliṭiḳuri ṗaṭimari)
— person
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Georgian:
პოლიტპატიმარი
(ṗoliṭṗaṭimari)
— person
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Georgian:
პოლიტიკური ტუსაღი
(ṗoliṭiḳuri ṭusaɣi)
— person
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Georgian:
პოლიტტუსაღი
(ṗoliṭṭusaɣi)
— person
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German:
politischer Gefangener
— person
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Hebrew:
אסיר פוליטי
— person
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Hindi:
राजनीतिक क़ैदी
(rājnītik qaidī)
— person
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Hungarian:
politikai fogoly
— person
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Icelandic:
pólitískur fangi
— person
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Indonesian:
tahanan politik
— person
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Italian:
prigioniero politico
— person
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Italian:
prigioniera politica
— person
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Japanese:
政治犯
(seijihan)
— person
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Japanese:
思想犯
(shisōhan)
— person
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Javanese:
tahanan pulitik
— person
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Khmer:
អ្នកទោសនយោបាយ
(nĕək tooh nəyyoobaay)
— person
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Korean:
정치범
(jeongchibeom)
— person
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Korean:
사상범
(sasangbeom)
— person
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Lao:
ນັກໂທດການເມືອງ
(nak thōt kān mư̄ang)
— person
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Lithuanian:
politinis kalinys
— person
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Macedonian:
политички затвореник
(politički zatvorenik)
— person
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Malay:
banduan politik
— person
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Norwegian Bokmål:
politisk fange
— person
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
politisk fange
— person
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Persian:
زندانی سیاسی
(zendâni-ye siyâsi)
— person
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Polish:
więzień polityczny
— person
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Polish:
więźniarka polityczna
— person
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Portuguese:
preso político
— person
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Romanian:
deținut politic
— person
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Russian:
полити́ческий заключённый
(politíčeskij zaključónnyj)
— person
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Russian:
полити́ческая заключённая
(politíčeskaja zaključónnaja)
— person
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Russian:
политзаключённый
(politzaključónnyj)
— person
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Russian:
политзаключённая
(politzaključónnaja)
— person
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Russian:
политзэ́к
(politzɛ́k)
— person
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Russian:
у́зник со́вести
(úznik sóvesti)
— person
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Serbo-Croatian:
политички затвореник
— person
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Serbo-Croatian:
politički zatvorenik
— person
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Slovak:
politický väzeň
— person
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Slovene:
politični zapornik
— person
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Spanish:
preso político
— person
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Swedish:
politisk fånge
— person
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Tagalog:
bilanggong politikal
— person
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Thai:
นักโทษการเมือง
(nák-tôot gaan-mʉʉang)
— person
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Turkish:
siyasi mahkum
— person
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Ukrainian:
політи́чний в'я́зень
(politýčnyj vʺjázenʹ)
— person
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Ukrainian:
політв'я́зень
(politvʺjázenʹ)
— person
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Urdu:
سیاسی قیدی
(siyāsī qaidī)
— person
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Vietnamese:
tù nhân chính trị
— person
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Welsh:
carcharor gwleidyddol
— person