comsymp

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noun

A Communist sympathizer; a liberal.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nouncomsymp (plural comsymps)

plural comsymps

  1. derogatoryslangA Communist sympathizer; a liberal.

    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.

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

    1965, Niven Busch, The Gentleman from California

    [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.

    2020 August 7, Kurt Andersen, “College-Educated Professionals Are Capitalism’s Useful Idiots”, in The Atlantic

Origin

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

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APA

comsymp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comsymp

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“comsymp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comsymp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comsymp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comsymp.

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