Crypto (prefix)
The prefix "Crypto", is often placed behind a label to describe individuals who have secret or hidden beliefs that they often deny, such as "Khrushchevite" or "Brezhnevite," those who masquerade as communists but are only communist in name; it serves a similar purpose to the prefix social.
Examples
| Term Examples |
|---|
| Crypto-capitalism |
| Crypto-fascism |
| Crypto-Khrushchevite |
| Crypto-Brezhnevite |
| Crypto-Trotskyite |
| Human Examples |
|---|
| Leonid Brezhnev |
| Nikita Khrushchev |
| Otto Strasser |
| Liu Shaoqi |
| Nikolai Bukharin |