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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

• MCCARTHYISM (noun)

Sense 1

McCarthyism ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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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