capitalist roadism

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Etymology

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).

Noun

capitalist roadism (uncountable)

  1. (Maoism, chiefly historical, derogatory) 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.

Usage notes

  • Always used in the context of an accusation of holding such beliefs, not a self-professed ideology.

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