capitulationism
(kəˌpɪtjuːˈleɪʃənɪz(ə)m)
[f. capitulation + -ism.]
The act or principle of capitulation; spec. in Communist usage (see quots.). Hence caˌpituˈlationist n. and a., one who advocates capitulationism; characterized by capitulationism.
| 1957 R. N. C. Hunt Guide to Communist Jargon xlv. 152 Wilhelm Zeisser and Rudolf Herrnstadt were..expelled..on account of the attitude they were said to have adopted at the time of the Berlin rising of the previous June, the specific charges against them being that they had advocated ‘capitulationism’, and had exalted the spontaneous role of the masses at the expense of the Party. 1962 [see adventurist n.]. 1963 Economist 5 Jan. 18/3 Peking's campaign against such ‘capitulationists’ as Mr. Khrushchev. 1963 Times 8 Jan. 7/1 Scarcely veiled accusations of Russian ‘capitulationism’ and ‘Trotskyism’, and the abandonment of peaceful coexistence by the Chinese, were exchanged between Peking and Moscow. 1963 New Statesman 1 Feb. 145/1 The reported Chinese memorandum..[refers to] Krushchev's ‘capitulationist’ attitudes towards the ‘imperialists’. |