Associations to the word «Mccarthyism»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
MCCARTHYISM, noun. (pejorative) The mass pressure, harassment, and/or blacklisting used to pressure people to follow popular political beliefs.
MCCARTHYISM, proper noun. The intense opposition, countering, fear and/or suspicion of Communism, particularly in the United States during the 1950s.
Dictionary definition
MCCARTHYISM, noun. Unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists).
Wise words
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make
his words good.