capitalist roader
English
Etymology
capitalist + road (figurative) + -er, 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 1965.
Noun
capitalist roader (plural capitalist roaders)
- (Maoism, derogatory) One who bows to pressure from bourgeois forces and attempts to pull the revolution in a capitalist direction.
Usage notes
The term is generally associated with the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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