同どう調ちょう者しゃ

noun

sympathizer; fellow traveler

Refers to a person who agrees with or supports a particular political or ideological group, often without being an official member. The term can carry a slightly negative nuance of passive agreement.

• 彼かれは党とう員いんではないが、同どう調ちょう者しゃとして活かつ動どうしている。

  He is not a party member, but he is active as a sympathizer.

• その組そ織しきには多おおくの同どう調ちょう者しゃがいる。

  That organization has many sympathizers.