pinko-liberaladj.n.
/ˌpɪŋkəʊˈlɪb(ə)rəl/, U.S. /ˌpɪŋkoʊˈlɪb(ə)rəl/ Chiefly U.S. (usually derogatory).
A. adj.
Designating or relating to a person of liberal left-wing views; politically left of centre.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [adjective] > left > liberal
liberal1790
liberal1814
liberalistic1836
pinko-liberal1926
bourgeois-liberal1936
1926 Time 7 June 30 The Dove, [a] pinko-liberal journal of campus opinion at the University of Kansas.
1963 A. Kubek How Far East was Lost xii. 283 Grew's policies were anathema to the Communists, to the New York and Washington ‘pinko-liberal’ politicos.
1991 New Musical Express (BNC) 16 Mar. 16 Here [sc. in New York] a bunch of pinko liberal vegetarians from England can play the legendary CBGB's club and get treated like gods.
2002 Washington Post 12 Feb. (Home ed.) c8/4 The blue states are those pinko-liberal states that voted for Al Gore in 2000.
B. n.
A person of liberal left-wing views; one who is politically left of centre.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the left > old left or liberal > adherent of
liberalist1804
Old Leftist1953
pinko-liberal1957
1957 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 31 Aug. 4/8 Communists and the fellow travelers, pinko ‘Liberals’.
1972 D. Lees Zodiac 65 He made Ronald Reagan look like a pinko liberal.
1995 Guardian 1 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 61/4 Whitelash, white middle-America's new outspokenness against those damned pinko liberals. They're sick of taxes, welfare, crime and feminists.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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