capitalist roader

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English

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Etymology

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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 資本主義道路()當權派资本主义道路()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]

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Noun

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capitalist roader (plural capitalist roaders)

  1. (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

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  • The term is generally associated with the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ capitalist roader, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2021.

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