Associations to the word «Mccarthyism»
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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).
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