Complete Definition of "pinko"

English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪ�k��|-ɪ�k��

Etymology
From the term red, affiliated with communism, as pink is a lighter, more dilute|diluted form. (1936)

Noun
pinko

#A term typically used by right-wingers to describe socialists who were not quite communist.

Related terms
pink

See also
communist
red
socialist

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