useful idiot
Noun
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Noun
useful idiot (plural useful idiots)
- (historical, pejorative, political jargon) Soviet sympathizer in Western countries, from the perspective of the political right.
- (pejorative, political jargon) One who is seen to unwittingly support a malignant cause through their 'naive' attempts to be a force for good.
- 2009, Alex Knepper, "Obama's cabinet appointments contradict with message ↗", The Mirror (Fairfield University), Volume 34, Issue 15, 22 January 2009, page 3:
- But what should the Obama Cult do now? The man has turned off the switch on the "Hopenosis" and has revealed the "Change Brigade" for the useful idiots they were.
- 2009, Alex Knepper, "Obama's cabinet appointments contradict with message ↗", The Mirror (Fairfield University), Volume 34, Issue 15, 22 January 2009, page 3:
- French: idiot utile, idiote utile
- German: nützlicher Idiot, nützliche Idiotin
- Italian: utile idiota
- Portuguese: idiota útil
- Russian: поле́зный идио́т
- Spanish: idiota útil, tonto útil, tonta útil
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