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comsymp en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (derogatory, slang) A Communist sympathizer; a liberal.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • [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:

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