capitalist roadism en · NOUN
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).
Meanings
- (derogatory, historical, uncountable) 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.
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cmn 走資主義 /走资主义 (Translations) · ru ка̀ппути́зм (Translations)