Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

capitalist roadism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cap-i-tal-ist road-ism
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Derogatory; Uncountable

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).

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: 走資派

Usage

Phrases

capitalist roadist capitalist roader

Frequently Paired Words

capitalist roader

Questions

What does capitalist roadism mean?: 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.
Where does capitalist roadism come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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