capitalist roader

From capitalist +‎ road (figurative) +‎ -er (suffix denoting a person associated with or supporting a particular doctrine, theory, or political movement), as a calque of Chinese 走資派／走资派 (zǒuzīpài, literally “one who takes the road of capital”), a contraction of 走資本主義道路(的)當權派／走资本主义道路(的)当权派 (zǒu zīběnzhǔyì dàolù (de) dāngquánpài, “those in power who take the capitalist road”), first used in Chinese Communist Party literature in 1966.[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæpɪt(ə)lɪst ˌɹəʊdə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæpətl̩əst ˌɹoʊdɚ/, [-ɾl̩əst-]
• Hyphenation: cap‧i‧tal‧ist road‧er

capitalist roader (plural capitalist roaders)

1. (China, Maoism, chiefly historical, derogatory) 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. [from 1960s]

The term is generally associated with the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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