police state

English

Etymology

Likely coined first in German Polizeistaat following the Carlsbad Decrees and the ensuing Demagogenverfolgungen, culminating in the crackdown of liberal and anarchical movements popular in the 1840s during the German revolutions of 1848–1849. Equivalent to police +‎ state.

Noun

police state (plural police states)

1. (usually derogatory) An enforcement institution designed to protect an autocratic government via strict and repressive control of the people.

Translations

nation whose government controls people by police

• Arabic: دَوْلَة بُولِيسِيَّة f (dawla būlīsiyya), دَوْلَة شُرْطِيَّة f (dawla šurṭiyya)
• Armenian: ոստիկանական պետություն (ostikanakan petutʻyun), ոստիկանապետություն (hy) (ostikanapetutʻyun)
• Asturian: estáu policial m
• Basque: polizia estatu
• Bulgarian: полицейска държава f (policejska dǎržava)
• Catalan: estat policia m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 警察國家／警察国家 (jǐngchá guójiā), 警察国家 (jǐngchá guójiā)

• Czech: policejní stát m
• Danish: politistat c
• Dutch: politiestaat (nl) m
• Finnish: poliisivaltio (fi)
• French: État policier (fr) m
• Georgian: პოლიციური სახელმწიფო (ṗoliciuri saxelmc̣ipo)
• German: Polizeistaat (de) m
• Greek: αστυνομικό κράτος n (astynomikó krátos), αστυνομοκρατία (el) f (astynomokratía)
• Icelandic: lögregluríki n
• Indonesian: negara polisi (id)
• Italian: stato di polizia m
• Japanese: 警察国家 (けいさつこっか, keisatsu kokka)
• Korean: 경찰 국가 (gyeongchal gugga) (警察國家 (ko))
• Lithuanian: policinė valstybė f
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• Lombard: stat de polizia m
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: negara polis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: politistat m

  Nynorsk: politistat m

• Polish: państwo policyjne n
• Portuguese: estado policial m
• Russian: полице́йское госуда́рство n (policéjskoje gosudárstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: policijska država f

• Slovak: policajný štát m
• Slovene: policijska država f
• Spanish: estado policial m
• Swedish: polisstat (sv) c
• Tagalog: estadong pulis
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: polis devleti
• Ukrainian: поліці́йна держа́ва f (policíjna deržáva), поліце́йська держа́ва f (policéjsʹka deržáva)
• Vietnamese: nhà nước cảnh sát

See also

• secret police
• totalitarianism

Anagrams

• state police