シンパ

noun

sympathizer; fellow traveler

Abbreviation of シンパサイザー. Used for someone who sympathizes with a political group or movement, especially communist or union causes, without being a formal member.

See also: シンパサイザー

• 彼かれは共きょう産さん党とうのシンパだが、正せい式しきな党とう員いんではない。

  He is a Communist Party sympathizer, but not a formal member.