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MCCARTHYISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does McCarthyism mean?
• MCCARTHYISM (noun)
The noun MCCARTHYISM has 1 sense:
1. unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)
Familiarity information: MCCARTHYISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("McCarthyism" is a kind of...):
witch-hunt (searching out and harassing dissenters)
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