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crypto-communist
crypto-communist n. and adj.
Brit. 
/ˌkrɪptəʊˈkɒmjᵿnɪst/
, /ˌkrɪptəʊˈkɒmjᵿnɪst/U.S. /ˌkrɪptoʊˈkɑmjənəst/
/ˌkrɪptoʊˈkɑmjənəst/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > adherent of > covert
crypto-communist1924
1924 Manch. Guardian 5 Sept. 8/5 Members..may evade the resolution by resigning from the Communist party and becoming crypto-Communists within the Labour party.
1941 E. Lyons Red Decade xxviii. 343 That was the key to the bitterness against them not only in the frankly communist press but in the crypto-communist circles.
1961 Times 1 Dec. 15/1 A crypto-communist reporter.
1991 World Press Rev. Jan. 29/1 Reagan's circus of illusion branded every form of opposition by the notorious East Coast intellectuals as liberal (meaning ‘crypto-communist’).
1996 George Feb. 79/1 During the New Deal, crypto-communists and Klansmen were both part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's coalition.
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