Senderistan.adj.
/ˌsɛndeɪˈriːstɑː//ˌsɛndɛˈriːstə/ A. n.
A member of the revolutionary Peruvian guerrilla organization Sendero Luminoso or Shining Path (see Sendero Luminoso n.).
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1982 Business Week 27 Sept. 7/2 The Senderistas appear to have deep roots in the cultural and nationalist movement; on the other hand, they may be a front for the Communist hegemony or become its pawn.
1983 N.Y. Times Mag. 31 July 20/4 Only one badly wounded Senderista managed to escape.
1985 Maclean's 25 Feb. 44/1 Deriving their communist ideology from the teaching of Mao Tse-tung, the Senderistas are led by Abimael Guzman (nom de guerre, Col. Gonzalo), a hermit-like former professor of philosophy at the University of Ayacucho.
1990 Sunday Correspondent 1 Apr. 37/3 The Senderistas, moreover, are now said to be receiving substantial sums in protection money from the cocaine lords of the Peruvian Amazon.
B. adj. (attributive).
Of or pertaining to this organization or its members.
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1983 N.Y. Times Mag. 31 July 20/4 Shouting Senderista slogans and songs, the peasants escorted the group to the community meeting hall.
1988 New Yorker 4 Jan. 42/3 Whenever a bus or truck left the city, Senderista guards stopped it and took the name of everyone aboard. The passengers were warned that if the police or soldiers came while they were away their families would be killed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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