English Explanatory Dictionary

capitalist roadist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to capitalist roaders or their alleged political beliefs, capitalist roadism.

Word forms

capitalist roadist

Etymology

By analogy with capitalist roadism, itself formed 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) + -ist (adjectival suffix).

Related words

capitalist roader capitalist roadism
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