MCCARTHYISM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("McCarthyism" is a kind of...):

witch-hunt (searching out and harassing dissenters)

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