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Definition of McCarthyism
1. Noun. Unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists).
Definition of McCarthyism
1. Noun. (pejorative) The mass pressure, harassment, and/or blacklisting used to pressure people to follow popular political beliefs. ¹
2. Proper noun. The intense opposition, countering, fear and/or suspicion of Communism, particularly in the United States during the 1950s. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of McCarthyism
Literary usage of McCarthyism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adventure Guide Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia by Janet Arrowood (2006)
"... troops - lots of back and forth movement, no real territorial gains on either
side. The Korean conflict and McCarthyism continue and escalate. ..."
2. A Physicist's Labour in War and Peace: Memoirs 1933-1999 by E. Walter Kellermann (2004)
"Attempting to travel to Canada through the US, then in the grip of McCarthyism,
he was refused entry into the United States after, as I was told, ..."
3. It's All in the Game: Butterflies, Mind Control--The Razor's Edge by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"But this Left-leaning state of mind in which McCarthyism is automatically so
defined as a phase of that ..."
4. The Harmon Memorial Lectures in Military History, 1959-1987: A Collection of by Harry R. Borowski (1988)
"An area that still awaits in-depth research is the impact of McCarthyism on the
... Truman surely took the mounting excitement of McCarthyism with more ..."
5. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"We should remember that the essence of McCarthyism is the unfounded allegation.
Second, whatever the final resolution of legal and policy issues in this ..."
6. Youth & Drugs: Society's Mixed Messages edited by Hank Resnik (1994)
"... the overhanging threat of the atomic bomb; McCarthyism and the virtual
disappearance of the organized Left. Alongside the prevailing youth culture of ..."
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