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单词 red-baiting
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red-baitingn.

Brit. /ˈrɛdˌbeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌbeɪdɪŋ/
Forms: also with capital initial in the first element.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red n., baiting n.
Etymology: < red n. + baiting n. Compare red-baiter n. and later red-bait v.
Originally U.S.
The harassment or persecution of people known or suspected to be communists or to have communist sympathies.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > persecution > of suspected communists
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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.

Brit. /ˈrɛdˌbeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌbeɪdɪŋ/
Forms: also with capital initial in the first element.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: red n., bait v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < red n. + bait v. + -ing suffix2, after red-baiting n., red-baiter n. Compare slightly later red-bait v.
Originally and chiefly U.S.
Engaged in or characterized by red-baiting.
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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).
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