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New American Oxford Dictionary

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

 

Oxford Dictionary

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

 

Duden Dictionary

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

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

McCarthyism

Mc C r thy 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 〙.