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

Republican leaders, donors and activists drafted the arch-conservative to take revenge on Kuchel, whom many dismissed as a “comsymp” — a communist sympathizer.

From Los Angeles Times

Elite university students must be warned about “classism”! Not on course syllabi or the cover of a book as though it’s comsymp lit or something.

From Salon

Given a day or two to learn their lines, they could have substituted with much improvement in subtlety of characterization for the cereal-box astronauts and Comsymp Eastern Establishment journalists who snooze about Drury's stage.

From Time Magazine Archive