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enemy of the people

noun

Etymology

Calque of Latin hostis publicus (compare public enemy).

  1. calqued from hostis publicus

Definitions

  1. A political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group.

    • The NKVD organs . . . could extend the category of ‘enemy of the people’ to everyone who dared to utter a word of criticism.

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No curated loop yet for enemy of the people. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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