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enemies of the people

enemies of the people is the plural of enemy of the people.

Meaning of enemy of the people

Noun

enemy of the people (plural enemies of the people)

  1. (typically socialism or communism) 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.1968, Robert Conquest, quoting Wladislaw Gomulka, “The Foreign Element”, in The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties, Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 427

Questions about enemies of the people

What is enemies of the people the plural of?
Enemies of the people is the plural of enemy of the people.

Words near enemies of the people in the dictionary

  1. enematize
  2. enemedia
  3. enemie
  4. enemied
  5. enemies
  6. enemies of the people
  7. enemies of the state
  8. enemies-to-friends-to-lovers
  9. enemies-to-lovers
  10. enemy
  11. enemy action

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