collaborationism means The act of collaborating, especially with an enemy. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Why this word is great
COLLABORATIONISM — [Noun] The act or policy of cooperating traitorously with an enemy force occupying one’s country. From collaboration (from Latin collaborare, “to work together”) + the suffix -ism (denoting a practice or ideology). Unlike collaboration, a neutral or positive joint effort, or accommodation, a pragmatic, passive adjustment to occupation, collaborationism is the willed, ideological embrace of the invader. It is the taste of fine wine shared at the commandant’s table while the city starves, the meticulous filing of denunciations in triplicate, the smooth radio address justifying the new order with the occupier’s borrowed syntax—a choice to build one’s future upon the graveyard of the nation.
noun
- The act of collaborating, especially with an enemy.