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McCarthyism(dictionary)

McCarthyism (iou)



McCarthyism noun. M20.
[from McCarthy (see below) + -ISM.]
The policy of hunting out (suspected) Communists and removing them from Government departments or other positions, spec. as pursued by Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (1908-57) in the US in the 1950s.
McCarthyite noun & adjective (a) noun a supporter of this policy; (b) adjective of McCarthy or McCarthyism: M20.