comsymp

[ kom-simp ]

noun

, (sometimes initial capital letter)

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a person who sympathizes with communists.

Word History and Origins

Origin of comsymp¹

1960–65; com(munist) symp(athizer)

Example Sentences

Anyone considered insufficiently anti-Communist was deemed a “comsymp”—short for Communist sympathizer.

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