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McCarthyite

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Etymology

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From McCarthy +‎ -ite.

Adjective

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McCarthyite (comparative more McCarthyite, superlative most McCarthyite)

  1. Of or pertaining to McCarthyism
    • 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 22:
      By that late date, however, the golden age of the lurid paperback book was pretty much over, and the sort of punishment meted out to Aday and Maxey for flaunting the sexual mores of a McCarthyite culture would soon be a thing of the past.

Noun

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McCarthyite (plural McCarthyites)

  1. A follower of McCarthyism; a McCarthyist

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