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McCarthyism

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
McCarthyism/məˈkɑːθiɪzəm/

▶noun a campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy from 1950 to 1954.

– derivatives
McCarthyist adjective & noun,
McCarthyite adjective & noun.

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