Word: deviationist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this discussion were merely academic," he concludes, "I might well keep out of it, as others in similar positions have done." But the scientist in Haldane had, at least temporarily, vanquished the straight party-liner, even though his stand might well get him tabbed as a deviationist. "I believe that wholly unjustifiable attacks have been made on my profession [by supporters of Lysenko], and one of the most important lessons which I have learned as a Marxist is the duty of supporting my fellow workers. We are not infallible, but we certainly do not hold many of the opinions . . . attributed...
...when he went on advocating cooperation with capitalism (when the wartime party line had been changed), abjectly pleaded for reinstatement as a party member. The 250 delegates snorted collectively: for Browder even to ask to be taken back was in itself a "form of anti-party activity." Perhaps deviationist Browder, who is still the Kremlin's publishing agent in the U.S., was also being held in reserve, in case Moscow's line should be changed again. In any event the comrades at the Riverside Plaza slammed the door in his face...
...audience began to applaud stormily; according to a fashion set by Stalin some years ago, Molotov applauded back. This went on for five minutes. Belle of the occasion was Mme. Bidault, in a grey chiffon Parisian evening gown that made Mme. Molotov look like a right-wing deviationist...
...workers for their attitudes towards prominent anti-Communist labor leaders such as David Dubinsky, Walter Reuther. Read all the campaign material issued by both sides in plant elections. Characteristics of CP literature: violence of utterance; unreasonable criticisms; charges that the opposition is fascist; use of such CP jargon as "deviationist," "Lovestoneite," "revisionist," "capitalist contradiction," "dialectic," "mass base...