See Also: HUAC(dictionary)
HUAC, the(dictionary)
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)(encyclopedia)

sermonic (iou) and HUAC, the (oh)


sermonic (iou)



sermonic adjective. Freq. depreciative. M18.
[formed as SERMONETTE + -IC.]
Of the form or Nature of a sermon; resembling (that of) a sermon.
sermonical adjective = SERMONIC L18.
sermonically adverb after the Fashion of a sermon M19.

HUAC, the (oh)



the House Un-American Activities Committee a group in the US House of Representatives which tried to find out whether US citizens were enemies of the government. It was especially active during the early 1950s as a result of McCarthyism . At this time, the Committee judged many cases involving politicians, military officers, and Other well-known people who were believed to be Communists . It stopped operating in 1975.