McCarthyismn.

Brit.

/məˈkɑːθɪɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/məˈkɑrθiˌɪzəm/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name McCarthy , -ism suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Joseph R. McCarthy (1908–57), U.S. Republican senator + -ism suffix.McCarthy came to prominence in February 1950 with his public charge that 205 communists had infiltrated the U.S. state department. This culminated in spring 1954 in a 36-day televised hearing to investigate supposed subversives in the U.S. army; McCarthy's aggressive interrogation methods at this hearing led to his loss of public support and subsequent removal from office later that year. Frequently attributed to the cartoonist Herblock (Herbert Lock), author of the cartoon cited in quot. 1950². Occurs in French as mac-carthysme by 1954.

Originally: the policy of identifying (suspected) Communists and removing them from government departments or other positions, spec. as pursued by McCarthy in the United States in the 1950s. In extended use: any form of persecutory investigation likened to that conducted by McCarthy.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies > of specific politician or support for

Jacksonism1824

Tylerism1844

Monroeism1856

Jeffersonianism1876

Rooseveltism1890

Crokerism1897

Wilsonism1920

Rooseveltism1932

McCarthyism1950

Goldwaterism1960

new frontier1960

Reaganism1966

Bushism1980

Clintonism1992

1950 Christian Science Monitor 28 Mar. 20 Their little spree with McCarthyism is no aid to consultation.

1950 Washington Post 29 Mar. 10 (in cartoon) McCarthyism.

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. p. xix/3 The whole academic community is only now emerging from the shock of the assault on the academies that was one of the most sinister results of ‘McCarthyism’.

1973 Guardian 18 June 4/4 A tradition of paranoia out of which grew McCarthyism and many earlier witch-hunts.

1992 Independent 27 Jan. 20/2 To subject all candidates for high office to sexual McCarthyism.

1992 Washington Post 19 Oct. 29/4 The demand for an independent counsel when there is no basis for one is sheer McCarthyism—an attempt to transform a legitimate policy debate into a criminal conspiracy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mccarthyism
释义	McCarthyismn. Brit. /məˈkɑːθɪɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /məˈkɑrθiˌɪzəm/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name McCarthy , -ism suffix. Etymology: < the name of Joseph R. McCarthy (1908–57), U.S. Republican senator + -ism suffix.McCarthy came to prominence in February 1950 with his public charge that 205 communists had infiltrated the U.S. state department. This culminated in spring 1954 in a 36-day televised hearing to investigate supposed subversives in the U.S. army; McCarthy's aggressive interrogation methods at this hearing led to his loss of public support and subsequent removal from office later that year. Frequently attributed to the cartoonist Herblock (Herbert Lock), author of the cartoon cited in quot. 1950². Occurs in French as mac-carthysme by 1954. Originally: the policy of identifying (suspected) Communists and removing them from government departments or other positions, spec. as pursued by McCarthy in the United States in the 1950s. In extended use: any form of persecutory investigation likened to that conducted by McCarthy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies > of specific politician or support for Jacksonism1824 Tylerism1844 Monroeism1856 Jeffersonianism1876 Rooseveltism1890 Crokerism1897 Wilsonism1920 Rooseveltism1932 McCarthyism1950 Goldwaterism1960 new frontier1960 Reaganism1966 Bushism1980 Clintonism1992 1950 Christian Science Monitor 28 Mar. 20 Their little spree with McCarthyism is no aid to consultation. 1950 Washington Post 29 Mar. 10 (in cartoon) McCarthyism. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. p. xix/3 The whole academic community is only now emerging from the shock of the assault on the academies that was one of the most sinister results of ‘McCarthyism’. 1973 Guardian 18 June 4/4 A tradition of paranoia out of which grew McCarthyism and many earlier witch-hunts. 1992 Independent 27 Jan. 20/2 To subject all candidates for high office to sexual McCarthyism. 1992 Washington Post 19 Oct. 29/4 The demand for an independent counsel when there is no basis for one is sheer McCarthyism—an attempt to transform a legitimate policy debate into a criminal conspiracy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1950
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