comsymp

English

Etymology

Coined by American businessman and political organizer Robert Welch from a blend of Communist +‎ sympathizer.

Noun

comsymp (plural comsymps)

1. (slang, derogatory) A Communist sympathizer; a liberal.
   • 1965, Niven Busch, The Gentleman from California:

     Personally, I think he's a comsymp. Or close. That's why I never had much enthusiasm for being on it, great as you all seem to think it is.

   • 1990, Stephen King, The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition:

     The guard said he wouldn't be surprised to find out that the longhaired comsymp pervos had done it by putting something into the water.

   • 2020 August 7, Kurt Andersen, “College-Educated Professionals Are Capitalism’s Useful Idiots”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     [L]iberals were committed […] to convincing America that Democrats were now modern and pragmatic, not wasteful bleeding-heart suckers or childish protesters or comsymp fools.