1) Witch-hunt
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McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means `the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism.` The term has its origins in the period in the United States.....
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(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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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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n] - unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)
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noun unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)
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