useful idiot (English, noun)
expansion: useful idiot (plural useful idiots)
Senses:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A Communist sympathizer in Western countries, from the perspective of the political right.
tags: derogatory
historical
topics: government
politics
glosses: One who unwittingly supports a malignant cause through naive attempts to be a force for good.
tags: derogatory
Forms:
form: useful idiots
tags: plural