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Noun Concept
Categories: Anti-communism in the United States, Cold War terminology, Articles with short description, Conspiracy theories in the United States, Red Scare
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McCarthyism  Maccarthyism  Neo-mccarthyism  2nd Red Scare  Are you now or have you ever been a Communist
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Unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists) WordNet 3.0
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Unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
McCarthyism, also known as the second Red Scare, was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of alleged communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s. Wikipedia
The intense opposition to, and fear and suspicion of, Communism, particularly in the United States during the 1950s. Wiktionary
Intense opposition to Communism. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
witch-hunt
bias
red scare
COUNTRY
United States
FACET OF
politics of the United States
HAS CAUSE
red scare
NAMED AFTER
McCarthy
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
anti-communism
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2nd Red Scare, Are you now or have you ever been a Communist, Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party, Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?, Macarthyism, Maccarthyism, MacCarthyism, Mc Carthyism, Mcarthyism, Mccartheism, McCarthisism, McCarthism, McCarthy-era, McCarthy Blacklist, McCarthy era, McCarthy period, McCarthy Red Scare, McCarthy tactics, Mccarthy trial, McCarthy trials, McCarthyesque, Mccarthyism, McCarthyist, McCarthyite, McCarthysm, Neo-McCarthyism, Neo-mccarthyism, Reaction to McCarthyism, Reactions to McCarthyism, Second Red Scare, Security and loyalty controversies

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