An administrative level in rural areas of the People's Republic of China from 1958 to 1983.

(communism) Synonym of Maoist

(religion) A group who is has a special status and relationship to God.

(politics) A political party, its designation normally reflecting a focus on people.

(US, military, historical) Any of a series of devices used to detect concealed enemy soldiers by traces of effluents such as sweat and urine.

plural of people's democracy

Journalism taking for its subject the lives of celebrities rather than traditional news and current affairs.

plural of people sniffer

(architecture, derogatory) A form of sentimental modernist suburban architecture of the mid-20th century.

(politics) A theoretical concept within Marxism-Leninism and a form of government in communist states which developed after World War II and in theory allowed for a multi-class, multi-party democracy on the pathway to socialism, rather than a pure proletarian dictatorship.