brocialist

English

Etymology

Blend of bro +‎ socialist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

brocialist (plural brocialists)

1. (slang, derogatory) A male socialist, especially one with masculinist views.
2. (slang, derogatory) A male socialist, leftist or progressive accused of downplaying women's issues, or displaying an alleged misogynistic or macho attitude.

   Synonym: brogressive

   • 2013, Richard Seymour, quoted in Laurie Penny, "Laurie Penny on Brand, iconoclasm, and a woman's place in the revolution", New Statesman, 2 November 2013:

     My experience is that ‘brocialists' don’t openly embrace patriarchy; they deny it’s a problem.

   • 2014 January 8, Marc Tracy, “How to Talk to a 'Brocialist'”, in New Republic:

     Often, brocialism manifests at left-wing powwows. Someone raises a feminist grievance. The brocialist instructs her that she is distracted from the paramount issue, namely class.

   • 2015 September 14, Cathy Newman, “Welcome to Jeremy Corbyn's blokey Britain - where 'brocialism' rules”, in The Telegraph:

     Pin them down, and the brocialists defend their blokeishness by saying that gender issues are essentially a second-order of importance, that there are bigger struggles which define our politics today.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:brocialist.

Related terms

• brocialism

Translations

Translations

• Portuguese: esquerdomacho (pt)

See also

• manarchist