capitalist roader

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English

WOTD – 20 April 2023

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 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]

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Noun

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.

Usage notes

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

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References

  1. ^ 农村社会主义教育运动中目前提出的一些问题 (in Chinese), 8th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, 1965 January 14
  2. ^ “capitalist roader, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2021.

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