commie
Cold War epithet
Commie is informal and usually disparaging slang for a communist—someone who supports communist political ideology or belongs to a communist party.
The term peaked during Cold War anti-communist sentiment in the United States, when commie carried strong negative connotations of disloyalty or subversion.
Today it's often used loosely or humorously to label anyone perceived as far-left or anti-capitalist: My uncle calls anyone who supports universal healthcare a commie.
Derogatory term for leftist
- fellow travelerIdeological ally without membership
- sympathizerOne who shares feelings
- subversiveSeeking to undermine authority
- un-AmericanContrary to national ideals
traitor · agitator · propagandist · ideologue · radical · leftist · red · derogatory
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- socialismCommunal economic control
- EngelsGerman socialist theorist
dialectical · materialism · alienation · exploitation · revolutionary · collectivization · vanguard · Bolshevik
Politically-motivated accusation without evidence
- SputnikFirst orbital spacecraft
- KGBUSSR intelligence service
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
containment · blacklist · HUAC · Politburo · Khrushchev · Stalin · detente · loyalty
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
coup · liberation · resistance · guerrilla · insurgency · Bolshevik · October Revolution · Mao
Bright orangish-red color
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- hammer and sickleCommunist movement's insignia
- bannerDisplayed strip with message
- SovietOf the USSR
pinko
Derogatory term for leftist
- fellow travelerIdeological ally without membership
- sympathizerOne who shares feelings
- subversiveSeeking to undermine authority
un-American · traitor · agitator · propagandist · ideologue · radical · leftist · red · derogatory · pejorative
proletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- socialismCommunal economic control
Engels · dialectical · materialism · alienation · exploitation · revolutionary · collectivization · vanguard · Bolshevik · Leninist
McCarthyism
Politically-motivated accusation without evidence
- SputnikFirst orbital spacecraft
- KGBUSSR intelligence service
- propagandaBiased information for influence
espionage · containment · blacklist · HUAC · Politburo · Khrushchev · Stalin · detente · loyalty · oath
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
rebellion · coup · liberation · resistance · guerrilla · insurgency · Bolshevik · October Revolution · Mao · Castro
scarlet
Bright orangish-red color
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- hammer and sickleCommunist movement's insignia
- bannerDisplayed strip with message
Soviet · China · seeing red
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
- Marblesshooter, shooters, taw, cat's eye, steelies
commiecapitalist
Private ownership supporter
free-marketeer · libertarian · neoliberal · rugged individualist · corporatist
commieanti-communist
Opposing collectivist state ideology
red-baiter · McCarthyite · cold warrior · patriot · freedom fighter
commiefascist
Authoritarian ultranationalist ideology adherent
Nazi · right-winger · reactionary · fat cat · bootlicker
- Communist ChinaMarxist-Leninist Asian state
- Communist PartyMarxist-Leninist political organization
- The Communist ManifestoSocialist political program document
- communist stateMarxist-Leninist governed nation
- communist revolutionViolent class-based regime change
- communist regimeMarxist government system