Meanings
nounone-child policy (plural one-child policies)
plural one-child policies
- historicalA policy of population control in China, whereby a married couple is allowed only one child.
At the same time, it glides over the personal traumas that the one-child policy must cause among innumerable Chinese. Certainly it is awesome to think of a nation that brings its powers of persuasion against a woman's right to conceive.
1984 February 14, John Corry, “Birth Curb in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 計劃生育政策 /计划生育政策, 獨生子政策 /独生子政策
- 計劃生育政策 /计划生育政策 (jìhuà shēngyù zhèngcè)a policy of population control
- 獨生子政策 /独生子政策 (dúshēngzǐ zhèngcè)a policy of population control
Finnish yhden lapsen politiikka
- yhden lapsen politiikkaa policy of population control
French politique de l'enfant unique
- politique de l'enfant uniquea policy of population control
German Ein-Kind-Politik
- Ein-Kind-Politika policy of population control
Japanese 一人っ子政策
- 一人っ子政策 (hitorikko seisaku)a policy of population control
Korean 한 자녀 정책
- 한 자녀 정책 (han janyeo jeongchaek)a policy of population control
Norwegian ettbarnspolitikk
- ettbarnspolitikka policy of population control
Portuguese política do filho único
- política do filho únicoa policy of population control
Russian поли́тика одного́ ребёнка на одну́ семью́
- поли́тика одного́ ребёнка на одну́ семью́ (polítika odnovó rebjónka na odnú semʹjú)a policy of population control
Spanish política del hijo único, política unigénita
- política del hijo únicoa policy of population control
- política unigénitaa policy of population control
Swedish ettbarnspolitik
- ettbarnspolitika policy of population control
Cite this entry
APA
one-child policy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-child%20policy
MLA
“one-child policy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-child%20policy. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “one-child policy,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one-child%20policy.
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