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"'''Comsymp'''" (Communist sympathizer<ref>American Dialect Society (1991). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fifty_Years_Among_the_New_Words/3x-umCIwEYQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=john+birch+society+comsymp&pg=PA27&printsec=frontcover Fifty Years Among the New Words: A Dictionary of Neologisms 1941-1991], p. 34. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref>) is a [[neologism]] from around the 1940s<ref name=moynihanappendix>March 3, 1997. [https://sgp.fas.org/library/moynihan/appa7.html Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy – Appendix A – 7. The Cold War]. ''Federation of American Scientists''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref> referring to an individual who either openly extols [[Communism]], individual Communists, or attempts to dismiss and discredit [[anti-Communism]]. During the [[Cold War]], the term became popularized by [[movement conservative]]s such as the [[John Birch Society]] as a polemic against [[leftist]]s, although the concept long predates the word itself. Ever since the outbreak of Communism in the world, sympathizers of various stripes have conspired to undermine opposition, either through direct, repressive means, or through propaganda campaigns.

"'''Comsymp'''" (Communist sympathizer<ref>American Dialect Society (1991). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fifty_Years_Among_the_New_Words/3x-umCIwEYQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=john+birch+society+comsymp&pg=PA27&printsec=frontcover Fifty Years Among the New Words: A Dictionary of Neologisms 1941-1991], p. 34. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref>) is a [[neologism]] from around the 1940s<ref name=moynihanappendix>March 3, 1997. [https://sgp.fas.org/library/moynihan/appa7.html Report of the Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy – Appendix A – 7. The Cold War]. ''Federation of American Scientists''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref> referring to an individual who either openly extols [[Communism]], individual Communists, or attempts to dismiss and discredit [[anti-Communism]]. During the [[Cold War]], the term became popularized by [[movement conservative]]s such as the [[John Birch Society]] as a polemic against [[leftist]]s, although the concept long predates the word itself. Ever since the outbreak of Communism in the world, sympathizers of various stripes have conspired to undermine opposition through both direct, repressive means as well as [[propaganda]] campaigns.

The [[Nazis]] during the 1920s were a notable Comsymping movement, and [[Adolf Hitler]] himself remarked, "I have learned a great deal from [[Marxism]], as I do not hesitate to admit."<ref>Watson, George (November 22, 1998). [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/hitler-and-the-socialist-dream-1186455.html Hitler and the socialist dream]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref>

The [[Nazis]] during the 1920s were a notable Comsymping movement, and [[Adolf Hitler]] himself remarked, "I have learned a great deal from [[Marxism]], as I do not hesitate to admit."<ref>Watson, George (November 22, 1998). [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/hitler-and-the-socialist-dream-1186455.html Hitler and the socialist dream]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved May 16, 2023.</ref>