Useful-idiot Definition

noun

(historical, pejorative, political jargon) Soviet sympathizer in Western countries, from the perspective of the political right.

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(pejorative, political jargon) One who is seen to unwittingly support a malignant cause through their 'naive' attempts to be a force for good.

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Other Word Forms of Useful-idiot

Noun

Singular:
useful-idiot
Plural:
useful-idiots

Origin of Useful-idiot

  • 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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