Political pejoratives for people

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In politics, a reactionary is a person who favors a return to a previous state of society which they believe possessed positive characteristics absent from contemporary society. As a descriptor term, reactionary derives from the ideological context of the left–right political spectrum. As an adjective, the word reactionary describes points of view and policies meant to restore a status quo ante. As an ideology, reactionism is a tradition in right-wing politics; the reactionary stance opposes policies for the social transformation of society, whereas conservatives seek to preserve the socio-eco

thumb|The Leader of the Luddites, 1812. Hand-coloured etching The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who opposed the use of certain types of automated machinery due to concerns relating to worker pay and output quality. They often destroyed the machines in organised raids. Members of the group referred to themselves as Luddites, self-described followers of "Ned Ludd", a legendary weaver whose name was used as a pseudonym in threatening letters to mill owners and government officials.

slogan deriding Vladimir Putin

thumb|Moscow Kremlin, where the highest of the elite Soviet nomenklatura lived The nomenklatura (; from , system of names) were a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries who held various key administrative positions in the bureaucracy, running all spheres of those countries' activity: government, industry, agriculture, education, etc., whose positions were granted only with approval by the communist party of each country or region. While in the Russian language the term номенклатура has the same generic meaning as "nomenclature", in the context of the politi

thumb|Pinkerton (detective agency)|Pinkerton agents escort strikebreakers in [[Buchtel, Ohio, 1884]] thumb|Industrial Workers of the World stickerette "Don't Scab" A strikebreaker (sometimes pejoratively called a scab, blackleg, bootlicker, blackguard or knobstick) is a person who works despite an ongoing strike. Strikebreakers may be current employees (union members or not), or new hires to keep the organization running (hired after or during the strike). In continuing to work, or taking jobs at a workplace under current strike, strikebreakers are said to "cross picket lines".

Derogatory term that originated in the Western bloc during the Cold War, referring to a person who, though not a spy, unwittingly promotes or defends the ideology or movements of enemy states such as those in the Eastern bloc

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ACAB, an acronym for all cops are bastards, is a political slogan associated with those opposed to the police and commonly expressed as a catchphrase in graffiti or tattoos. It is sometimes expressed as 1312, with each digit representing the position of the corresponding letter in the English alphabet.

pejorative term for an extremist person expressing or promoting socially progressive views, including advocacy of feminism and civil rights

thumb|A protester holding up a sign with Putin's official presidential portrait with Hitler's hair and mustache drawn on it. Putler (), sometimes extended to Vladolf Putler (, ), is a derogatory neologism and portmanteau formed by merging the names of Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler. Often used in the slogan "Putler Kaput!" (; ) by people opposed to Putin, the term has a negative connotation.

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Feminazi (also Femi-Nazi) is a pejorative term for feminists that was popularized by politically conservative American radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh.

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pejorative that is leveled against a group or class which is considered to be detrimental to society

pejorative term used for a Jewish person that holds antisemitic views

220px|thumb|alt=Titushky|Titushky at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, November 24, 2013 The Titushky (plural; ; ; ; ) were mercenary agents in Ukraine who supported the Ukrainian security services during the administration of Viktor Yanukovych, often posing as street hooligans in sports clothing with the purpose of serving as provocateurs at pro-European and anti-Yanukovych political rallies that would incite violence in order to get protestors arrested. Their role grew more prominent in the wake of Euromaidan, where they were involved in numerous clashes and acts of violence during the mo

thumb|right|300px|Left to right: Vidkun Quisling seated next to [[Heinrich Himmler, Josef Terboven and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst in front of officers of the Waffen-SS, German Army and Air Force in 1941]]

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pejorative term used by conservative members of the U.S. Republican Party to describe Republicans whose political views or actions they consider insufficiently conservative

person who sympathizes and co-operates with a political organization without being a formal member

thumb|350px|An 1868 cartoon, threatening that the Ku Klux Klan (represented by a Democratic donkey) would lynch scalawags (left) and carpetbaggers (right) once [[Horatio Seymour won the presidency. (The winner was actually Ulysses S. Grant.)]] In United States history, scalawag (sometimes spelled scallawag or scallywag) was a pejorative term that referred to white Southerners who supported Reconstruction policies and efforts after the conclusion of the American Civil War.

antisemitic slur for Jews in the Soviet Union

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'''''' (; ) is a derogatory Chinese neologism used to refer to Western liberals and leftists, especially in relation to refugee issues and social problems. The term originated in the 2010s and has since come into more frequent use by Chinese nationalists critical of Western liberal and leftist ideologies for their alleged over-tolerance to immigration issues and by netizens who agreed with Donald Trump's anti-immigration policies. The term has also begun being used in English by American conservatives.

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pejorative term, used frequently as a political insult

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self-identified left-wingers whose comfortable lifestyle seems to contradict their political beliefs

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Chinese Internet slang

pejorative term for some Democratic politicians

"Cuckservative" is a pejorative formed as a portmanteau of "cuck", an abbreviation of the word "cuckold", and the political designation "conservative". It has become a derogatory label used by white nationalists and the alt-right in the United States to denigrate other conservatives, generally for being moderates, and later for not supporting white-nationalist interests.

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'''' (literally good human in German) is an ironic, sarcastic or disparaging cultural term similar to the English do-gooder. Those who use the term are implying that Gutmenschen have an overwhelming wish to be good and eagerly seek approval—further suggesting a supposed moralising and proselytising behaviour and being dogmatic, while prioritizing "right" and "correct" attitude or sentiment (Ultimate end, ethics of moral conviction) over responsible, balanced, rational and reflected decisions (ethics of responsibility). In political rhetoric Gutmensch'' is used as a polemic term.

political epithet for those holding or promoting Left Liberal views

'''''''' (, Polish for "Judeo-Communism") is an anti-communist and antisemitic canard, or pejorative stereotype, suggesting that most Jews collaborated with the Soviet Union in importing communism into Poland, or that there was an exclusively Jewish conspiracy to do so. A Polish language term for "Jewish Bolshevism", or more literally "Jewish communism", Żydokomuna'' is related to the "Jewish world conspiracy" myth.

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people identifying themselves as socialists or radical leftists while conducting upper-class lifestyles

thumb|A Putinversteher logo similar to what may be seen on T-shirts, mugs, and the like Putinversteher or Putin-Versteher (, female form Putinversteherin) is a German neologism (Putin + verstehen), which literally translates to "Putin understander", i.e. "one who understands Putin". It is a pejorative reference to politicians and pundits who express empathy to Vladimir Putin and may also be translated as "Putin-Empathizer". Similar words include Russlandversteher and Russland-Versteher ("Russia-Empathizer").

pejorative nickname for Russian President Vladimir Putin

Prejorative American political term

Nicknames used by Trump for himself, others, and companies

A Eurocrat (a portmanteau of "European" and "bureaucrat") is "a staff member of the administrative commission of the European Union" or more broadly, any official of the European Union. The term was coined by Richard Mayne, a journalist and personal assistant to the first Commission president, Walter Hallstein, in 1961.

racialist term used to refer to the Anglosphere

Poorly informed people who vote in elections

Pinko is a pejorative term for a person on the left of the political spectrum. The term has its origins in the notion that pink is a lighter shade of red, a color associated with communism. Thus pink could describe a "lighter form of communism", purportedly promoted by supporters and believers of socialism who were not themselves actual or "card carrying" communists. The term pinko has a pejorative sense, whereas "pink" in this definition can be used in a purely descriptive sense, such as in the term pink tide.

() is a derogatory Korean word that is used to pejoratively describe a Southern Korean nationalist. The word is often used to call out nationalists who are overly patriotic and attract negative attention towards Korea.

pejorative term used in sociopolitical discourse in China to refer to Chinese people who are perceived to hold extreme pro-Japanese and anti-Chinese sentiments

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Sovok () is a pejorative term related to the Soviet Union: the state itself, the mindset and way of life of average Soviet people, and vestiges of the Soviet Union in the psychology of people in modern Russia.

Japanese slang