quisling
/'kwizliɳ/
Definition
- Noun:
- A traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their own country: A "quisling" is a person who betrays their nation by actively helping an enemy that has invaded and taken control of it. The term carries a strong connotation of treachery and subservience to a foreign oppressor.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The resistance fighters despised the quislings who helped the enemy regime.
- History remembers him not as a patriot, but as a quisling who sold out his country.
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used figuratively to describe someone perceived as betraying a group, cause, or principle from within, though its primary and strongest meaning relates to national betrayal during occupation.
- Within the party, he was branded a quisling for supporting the opposition's policies.
Variants and Related Words
- Quislingism (n): The actions or policies of collaboration with an occupying enemy force.
- The documentary examined the rise of quislingism during the war.
Synonyms
- Collaborator: A person who cooperates with an enemy.
- Traitor: A person who betrays a country, cause, or trust.
- Turncoat: A person who deserts one party or cause to join an opposing one.
Word Origin and Notes
- The word originates from the name of Vidkun Quisling, a Norwegian military officer and politician who headed a puppet government in Norway under Nazi occupation during World War II. His name became synonymous with betrayal and collaboration.
Noun
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someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
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