Manchurian Candidateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

Manchurian candidate (plural Manchurian candidates)

1. A person of influence, especially a politician, who is being manipulated by an enemy power to harm the interests of their own country, possibly without their own full awareness.
   • 1997, “Wait and Bleed”, performed by Slipknot:

     Get outta my head 'cause I don't need this!
     Why didn't I see this?
     I'm a victim Manchurian Candidate
     I have sinned by just
     Making my mind up and taking your breath away

   • 2008 February 11, Roger Cohen, “No Manchurian Candidate”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The attacks, mainly anonymous e-mails, have woven together various threads […] —to portray Obama as the Muslim Manchurian candidate.

   • 2009, Arthur Goldwag, Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies‎, Vintage Books, →ISBN, pages 108–109:

     Most of the conspiracies covered in this book are different. […] The plots themselves run the gamut from planting a Manchurian candidate in the White House to aiding and abetting alien space invaders.