List of political epithets

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Peacenik

Originating in the U.S. it is applied to advocates of U.S. withdrawal from the Vietnam War, to pacifists in general, and later to advocates of Western rapprochement with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, for instance through arms control. The Russian -nik makes reference to beatnik, implying the individual is impractical in outlook, but particularly the Soviet satellite Sputnik, implying the individual is a communist or sympathetic to that cause.

Related Topics:
Vietnam War - Pacifists - Soviet Union - Cold War - Arms control - Russian - Beatnik - Sputnik

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