capitalist roader
English edit
Etymology edit
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 road of capital”), 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][2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæpɪt(ə)lɪst ˌɹəʊdə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæpətl̩əst ˌɹoʊdɚ/, [-ɾl̩əst-]
- Hyphenation: cap‧i‧tal‧ist road‧er
Noun edit
capitalist roader (plural capitalist roaders)
- (China, Maoism, chiefly historical, derogatory) 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. [from 1960s]
Usage notes edit
- The term is generally associated with the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Translations
|
References edit
- ^ 农村社会主义教育运动中目前提出的一些问题 [Some Problems Currently Arising in the Course of the Rural Socialist Education Movement] (in Chinese), 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, 1965 January 14
- ^ “capitalist roader, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2021.
Further reading edit
- capitalist roader on Wikipedia.Wikipedia