单词 | red-baiting |
释义 | red-baitingn. Originally U.S. The harassment or persecution of people known or suspected to be communists or to have communist sympathies. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > persecution > of suspected communists red-baiting1927 red-hunting1927 1927 N.Y. Times 23 Aug. 3/3 Sacco and Vanzetti are the victims of the ‘red-baiting’ of the days of Palmer and Burleson and have been sentenced to death because they were foreign-born workers who dared to hold unpopular political beliefs. 1939 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Mar. 12/1 It was well-nigh impossible to say a word for capitalism and against the vagaries of Communism without being accused of Red-baiting. 1950 Manch. Guardian Weekly 16 Nov. 9 The defeat of the Liberals..suggests that vociferous ‘Red-baiting’ is, however silly, good politics. 2002 Empire Dec. 181/2 John Edgar Hoover got his first taste of red-baiting in November 1919. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). red-baitingadj. Originally and chiefly U.S. Engaged in or characterized by red-baiting. ΚΠ 1937 Washington Post 21 Aug. 2/5 Those Red-baiting, breast-beating, labor-hating tories. 1943 F. Scully Rogue's Gallery Hollywood 83 Fugitives from red-baiting America..they all rallied 'round leaders like Pirandello. 1977 Time 7 Feb. 46/3 Boyle, 40, stars as the Red-baiting chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. 1996 Nation (N.Y.) 24 June 23/1 He metamorphosed from red-diaper New Leftism to redbaiting neoconservatism at the dawn of the Reagan area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1927adj.1937 |
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