capitalist roadism

noun

The alleged political beliefs of a capitalist roader: 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.

OriginChinese 走資派 /走资派 →
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Meanings

nouncapitalist roadism (uncountable)
  1. derogatoryhistoricaluncountableThe alleged political beliefs of a capitalist roader: 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.

Origin

  1. Chinese走資派 /走资派
  2. Englishcapitalist roadism

By analogy with capitalist roader, a calque of Chinese 走資派 /走资派 (zǒuzīpài, literally “one who takes the capitalist road”). By surface analysis, capitalist + road (figurative) + -ism (suffix denoting a particular doctrine, theory, or political movement).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 走資主義 /走资主义
  • 走資主義 /走资主义 (zǒuzī zhǔyì)Translations
Russian ка̀ппути́зм
  • ка̀ппути́зм (kàpputízm)Translations
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