McCarthyism
English
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Etymology
[edit]From McCarthy + -ism, named after United States Senator Joseph McCarthy. Originates from a 1950 Washington Post political cartoon by Herbert Block.
Noun
[edit]McCarthyism (usually uncountable, plural McCarthyisms)
- (derogatory) The mass pressure, harassment, and/or blacklisting used to pressure people to follow popular political beliefs, especially as opposed to communism.
- 2024 November 17, Carole Cadwalladr, “How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-11-28:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]mass pressure
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Proper noun
[edit]McCarthyism
- The intense opposition to, and fear and suspicion of, Communism, particularly in the United States during the 1950s.
- Hypernym: anticommunism
- 1964, Daniel Bell, The Radical Right, page 234:
- An important symptom of the difference between McCarthyism and Birchism is the shift in the geographical center of gravity.
Translations
[edit]intense opposition to Communism
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