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enemy of the people

designation for political or class opponents of a state; term used in Antique Rome, Revolutionary France, Nazi Germany, Stalin-era Soviet Union, Communist China and The United States
Event pejorative Q741775
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enemy of the people

Summary

enemy of the people is a pejorative[1]. It draws 806 Wikipedia views per month (pejorative category, ranking #31 of 91).[2]

Key Facts

  • enemy of the people's instance of is recorded as pejorative[3].
  • enemy of the people is a type of enemy[4].
  • enemy of the people's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[5].
  • enemy of the people's different from is recorded as An Enemy of the People[6].

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Context

enemy of the people's instance of is recorded as pejorative[3].

Why It Matters

enemy of the people draws 806 Wikipedia views per month (pejorative category, ranking #31 of 91).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Different from → An Enemy of the People
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    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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