Mccarthyism

/məˈkɑː.θi.ɪzəm/

Synonyms for "mccarthyism" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

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persecutionred baiting
Noun(1 words)
political persecution

Related words (4)

Noun(3 words)
smear campaignsmear tacticwitch hunt

Related word relations

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More general

3 entries
political phenomenonpolitical tacticwitch-hunt

More specific

3 entries
blacklistingguilt by associationloyalty tests

Collocations

6 entries
anti-communist smearblacklisting practicesguilt by associationloyalty oath campaignsred scare erawitch hunt

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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Older Jewish socialists consider McCarthyism to have been a pogrom.

Source: tatoeba (8908708)

This is McMuskism: it’s McCarthyism on steroids, political persecution + Trump + Musk + Silicon Valley surveillance tools. It’s the dawn of a new age of political witch-hunts, where burning at the stake meets data harvesting and online mobs.

Source: wiktionary

An important symptom of the difference between McCarthyism and Birchism is the shift in the geographical center of gravity.

Source: wiktionary

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