comsymp

[ kom-simp ]
/ ˈkɒmˌsɪmp /

noun (sometimes initial capital letter) Informal: Disparaging and Offensive.

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

Origin of comsymp

1960–65; com(munist) symp(athizer)

usage note for comsymp

This term is historically associated with the John Birch Society, a once prominent radical-right political organization, whose leaders used the term to describe their critics.