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tankie
thumb|T-54/T-55|T-54 tanks of the [[Soviet Army deployed in response to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, from which the term "tankie" originated|265x265px]]
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- History and usage
- In the United Kingdom
- Modern internet uses
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
- Citations
- General and cited references
- Further reading
thumb|T-54/T-55|T-54 tanks of the [[Soviet Army deployed in response to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, from which the term "tankie" originated|265x265px]]
Tankie is a pejorative label generally applied to authoritarian communists, especially those who support or defend acts of repression by such regimes, their allies, or deny the occurrence of the events thereof. More specifically, the term has been applied to those who express support for one-party Marxist–Leninist socialist republics, whether contemporary or historical. It has a history of being used by some anti-authoritarian leftists, anarchists, democratic socialists, and reformists to denounce Stalinism, although the term has seen increasing use by liberal and right‐wing factions as well.