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Pronunciation / Transliteration: gupta ejenda
"हमें डर था कि इस प्रस्ताव के पीछे कोई गुप्त एजेंडा है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A secret or undisclosed motivation, plan, or purpose behind a stated action or policy.
"Many suspected that the charitable donation had a hidden agenda for political influence." - 2
An underlying objective kept private while pretending to pursue a different goal.
"During the negotiations, she tried to figure out if the competitor had a hidden agenda."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the adjective 'hidden' (past participle of 'hide', from Old English 'hīdan') and 'agenda' (plural of Latin 'agendum', meaning 'things to be done'). The compound noun emerged in political and corporate discourse during the mid-20th century to describe covert motivations or undisclosed plans underlying official actions.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Hidden agenda" is said worldwide
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arrière-pensée
Transliteration: a-ryer-pahn-say
"Il a accepté d'aider sans arrière-pensée."
Hintergedanke
Transliteration: Hintergedanke
"Sein Angebot war frei von jedem Hintergedanken."
secondo fine
Transliteration: se-kon-do fi-ne
"Ho il sospetto che ci sia un secondo fine."
agenda oculta
Transliteration: a-xen-da o-kul-ta
"El político parecía tener una agenda oculta."
segunda intenção
Transliteration: se-gun-da in-ten-sãw
"Ela aceitou a proposta sem nenhuma segunda intenção."
गुप्त एजेंडा
Transliteration: gupta ejenda
"हमें डर था कि इस प्रस्ताव के पीछे कोई गुप्त एजेंडा है।"
不可告人的目的
Transliteration: bù kě gào rén de mù dì
"许多人怀疑这项协议背后藏有不可告人的目的。"
숨은 의도
Transliteration: sum-eun ui-do
"그의 제안에는 숨은 의도가 있는 것 같았다."
隠された意図
Transliteration: kakusareta ito
"彼女の行動には何か隠された意図がある。"
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