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pinko

pink·o
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ping-koh]
    • /ˈpɪŋ koʊ/
    • /ˈpɪŋ.kəʊ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ping-koh]
    • /ˈpɪŋ koʊ/

Definitions of pinko word

  • noun plural pinko a person with left-wing, but not extreme, political opinions. 1
  • noun plural pinko a person who leans toward communist ideology. 1
  • adjective pinko pink1 (def 10). 1
  • noun pinko communist 1
  • countable noun pinko If you call someone a pinko, you mean that they have left-wing views. 0
  • noun pinko a person regarded as mildly left-wing 0

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Origin of pinko

First appearance:

before 1935
One of the 8% newest English words
First recorded in 1935-40; pink1 + -o

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Pinko

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pinko popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

pinko usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for pinko

noun pinko

  • apparatchik — An apparatchik is someone who works for a government or a political party and who obeys orders.
  • apparatchiks — a member of an apparat, especially in a Communist country.
  • bolshevik — Bolshevik is used to describe the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
  • bolsheviks — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
  • bolshevist — a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.

Antonyms for pinko

noun pinko

  • fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.

Top questions with pinko

  • what does pinko mean?
  • what is a pinko?
  • what is a commie pinko?

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