McCarthyism

Meaning

Noun

The mass pressure, harassment, and/or blacklisting used to pressure people to follow popular political beliefs, especially as opposed to communism.

Name

The intense opposition to, and fear and suspicion of, Communism, particularly in the United States during the 1950s.

Synonyms

noyance

bullying

Translations

maccarthysme

macartismo

maccarthisme

maccartismo

McCarthyismus

Macartismo

Störmanöver

παρενόχληση

Maccarthisme

Maccarthysme

Maccartismo

McCarthyisme

Etymology

From McCarthy + -ism, named after United States Senator Joseph McCarthy. Originates from a 1950 Washington Post political cartoon by Herbert Block.