capitalist roader

== English == === Etymology === 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 capitalist road”), 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 1965. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkæpɪt(ə)lɪst ˈɹəʊdə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkæpətl̩əst ˈɹoʊdɚ/, [-ɾl̩əst-] Hyphenation: cap‧i‧tal‧ist road‧er === Noun === capitalist roader (plural capitalist roaders) (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] ==== Usage notes ==== The term is generally associated with the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === capitalist roader on Wikipedia.Wikipedia