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- noun historical, pejorative
Soviet sympathizer inWestern countries, from the perspective of the politicalright . - noun pejorative One who is seen to
unwittingly support amalignant cause through their 'naive' attempts to be a force forgood .
Etymologies
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The earliest known usage in Western media is in a 1948 article in the social-democratic Italian paper L'Umanita - as cited in the New York Times article on Italian politics.
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