Look up: mccarthyism

1. McCarthyism
   [n] - unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)
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2. McCarthyism
   Period of political persecution during the 1950s, led by US senator Joe McCarthy, during which many public officials and private citizens were accused of being communists or communist sympathizers....
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3. McCarthyism
   noun unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)
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4. McCarthyism
   (from the article `international relations`) ...made him, as Truman said, `the greatest asset that the Kremlin has.` Not only did his behaviour besmirch the image of the United States but it ... ...unproved charges of Communist subversion in high government circles. In a rare move, he was officially censured for unbecoming con...
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5. McCarthyism
   `McCarthyism` is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and characterized by heighten...
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