1. a person with communist or socialist sympathies
Usage: slang; derogatory

Examples

• During the Cold War, some politicians were accused of being pinkos.
• The term pinko was commonly used in the 1950s to describe suspected communist sympathizers.
• He dismissed his critics as a bunch of pinkos who didn’t understand capitalism.
• The newspaper editorial called the professor a pinko for his socialist views.
• Many Hollywood actors were labeled as pinkos during the McCarthy era.
• She rejected the pinko label, insisting she was simply a progressive Democrat.