Antiradicalism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Opposition to radical ideologies. uncountable

    "Wartime antiradicalism crested in a postwar Red Scare. (Communists were called “reds” because of the red flag favored by revolutionary organizations.)"

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"Wartime antiradicalism crested in a postwar Red Scare. (Communists were called “reds” because of the red flag favored by revolutionary organizations.)"

Etymology

From anti- + radicalism.

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