Wiktionary
n. The act of collaborate, especially with an enemy
WordNet
n. act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country [syn: collaboration, quislingism]
Wikipedia
Collaborationism is cooperation with the enemy against one's country in wartime.
Stanley Hoffmann subdivided collaboration onto
- involuntary (reluctant recognition of necessity) and
- voluntary (an attempt of exploiting necessity).
According to him, collaborationism can be subdivided onto
- servile and
- ideological,
the former is a deliberate service to an enemy, whereas the latter is a deliberate advocacy of co-operation with the foreign force which is seen as a champion of some desirable domestic transformations. In contrast, Bertram Gordon used the terms "collaborator" and "collaborationist" for non-ideological and ideological collaborations, respectively.
Usage examples of "collaborationism".
Like Lenin, Trotsky poured scorn on the class collaborationism of Dan, Plekhanov and others, and pointed out to the proletariat and peasantry as the only forces capable of carrying through the revolution to the end.
Everywhere collectivism, committeeism, collaborationism is oozing over us.