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capitalist roader

noun
/ˌkæpɪt(ə)lɪst ˈɹəʊdə/UK/ˌkæpətl̩əst ˈɹoʊdɚ/US

Etymology

From capitalist + road (figurative) + -er (suffix denoting a person associated with or supporting a particular doctrine, theory, or political movement), as a calque of Chinese 走資派 /走资派 (zǒuzīpài, literally “one who takes the capitalist road”), a contraction of 走資本主義道路(的)當權派 /走资本主义道路(的)当权派 (zǒu zīběnzhǔyì dàolù (de) dāngquánpài, “those in power who take the capitalist road”), first used in Chinese Communist Party literature in 1965.

  1. derived from *reydʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *raidō✻
  3. inherited from *raidu✻
  4. inherited from rād
  5. inherited from rode
  6. formed as capitalist roader — “capitalist + road + -er”

Definitions

  1. One (especially a Chinese Communist Party official) who bows to pressure from bourgeois…

    One (especially a Chinese Communist Party official) who bows to pressure from bourgeois forces and attempts to pull the Cultural Revolution in a capitalist direction.

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