McCarthy, Joseph

Mc Car thy, Joseph |məˈkärTHē məˈkɑrθi | (1909 –57 ), US politician; a US senator from Wisconsin 1947 –57; full name Joseph Raymond McCarthy. Between 1950 and 1954, he was the instigator of widespread investigations into alleged communist infiltration in US public life. Eventually discredited, he was censured by the Senate in 1954.

McCarthy, Mary

Mc Car thy, Mary |məˈkɑrθi məˈkärTHē | (1912 –89 ), US novelist and critic; full name Mary Therese McCarthy. Her novels are satirical social commentaries that draw on her experience with intellectual circles and academic life. Notable novels: The Groves of Academe (1952 ) and The Group (1963 ).

McCarthyism

Mc Car thy ism |məˈkärTHēˌizəm məˈkɑrθiˌɪzəm | ▶noun a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950 –54. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party. • any similar practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations: he practiced McCarthyism long before there was a McCarthy. DERIVATIVES Mc Car thy ist adjective & noun, Mc Car thy ite |-THēˌīt |adjective & noun

McCarthy, Joseph

McCarthy |məˈkɑːθi | (1909 –57 ), American Republican politician; full name Joseph Raymond McCarthy. Between 1950 and 1954 he was the instigator of widespread investigations into alleged communist infiltration in US public life.

McCarthy, Mary

McCarthy |məˈkɑːθi | (1912 –89 ), American novelist and critic; full name Mary Therese McCarthy. Notable novels: The Groves of Academe (1952 ) and The Group (1963 ).

McCarthyism

McCarthy |ism |məˈkɑːθɪɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950 –4. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, though most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party. DERIVATIVES McCarthyite (also McCarthyist ) adjective & noun

McCarthyismus

Mc Car thy is mus Substantiv, maskulin , der |məkaːɐ̯θiˈɪsmʊs |der McCarthyismus; Genitiv: des McCarthyismus nach dem amerikanischen Politiker J. R. McCarthy (1909 –1957 )zu Beginn der 1950er -Jahre in den USA betriebene Verfolgung von Kommunisten und Linksintellektuellen

McCarthy

Mc Car thy /məkɑ́ː r θi /名詞 マッカーシー 〘Joseph R .～, 1908 --1957; 米国の共和党政治家; McCarthyismの中心人物 〙.

McCarthyism

Mc C á r thy ì sm 名詞 U マッカーシズム, 赤狩り 〘1950年代前半, 米国における極端な反共運動 〙.