English
Etymology
Evoking the hypocrisy of drinking champagne, suggesting affluence or upper-class social circles, while professing socialist beliefs.
Noun
champagne socialist (plural champagne socialists)
- (derogatory) A person who espouses socialism and claims to adhere to its values while enjoying an extravagant lifestyle that is seen as being ostensibly in conflict with their political beliefs.
- Synonyms: café revolutionary, (Australia and New Zealand) chardonnay socialist, gauche caviar, Gucci socialist, silver-spoon socialist, (Ireland) smoked salmon socialist, parlor pink
Translations
false socialist
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 香槟酒社会主义者 (xiāngbīnjiǔ shèhuì zhǔyì zhě)
- Danish: champagnesocialist c, kystbanesocialist c, rødvinssocialist c
- Dutch: salonsocialist (nl) m, salonsocialiste f, kathedersocialist (nl) m, kathedersocialiste f
- Finnish: salonkisosialisti, samppanjasosialisti
- German: Toskana-Fraktion f, Salonsozialist m, Salonsozialistin f, Cüplisozialist m (Swiss), Cüplisozialistin f (Swiss), Cüpli-Sozialist m (Swiss), Cüpli-Sozialistin f (Swiss)
- Korean: 강남좌파(江南左派) (gangnamjwapa)
- Polish: kawiorowa lewica f
- Portuguese: esquerda caviar f, socialista de iPhone m or f
- Spanish: izquierda caviar f, (Spain) pijoprogre m or f, progre-caviar m or f, zurdo con OSDE m or f (Argentina), red set m, whisquierda f (Chile)
- Swedish: rödvinsvänster (sv) c
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