comsymp
[ kom-simp ]
/ ˈkɒmˌsɪmp /
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noun (sometimes initial capital letter)Informal: Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a person who sympathizes with communists.
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Origin of comsymp
1960–65; com(munist)symp(athizer)
historical usage of comsymp
This term is historically associated with the John Birch Society, a once prominent radical-right political organization, whose leaders used the term to describe their critics.
Words nearby comsymp
Comrades Marathon, Comsat, Comstock, Comstockery, Comstock Lode, comsymp, comte, comtesse, Comtian, Comtism, Comus
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How to use comsymp in a sentence
Anyone considered insufficiently anti-Communist was deemed a “comsymp”—short for Communist sympathizer.
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