McCarthyismnoun [ U ]
uk/məˈkɑː.θi.ɪ.zəm/us/məˈkɑːr.θi.ɪ.zəm/the practice of accusing someone of being a Communist and therefore avoiding or not trusting them:
McCarthyism is named after the American politician Joseph McCarthy, who in the 1950s accused many Americans of being Communists.
She was a victim of McCarthyism.
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Blaming & accusing
- a bad workman blames his tools idiom
- accusatory
- accusing
- allegation
- attribute
- attribution
- carry
- chalk sth up
- condemnation
- contributory negligence
- face the music idiom
- finger
- finger-pointing
- frame
- hang
- indictment
- opprobrium
- recrimination
- stitch sb up
- thank sb for sth idiom
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McCarthyite
noun [ C ], adjective uk/məˈkɑː.θi.aɪt/us/məˈkɑːr.θi.aɪt/also McCarthyist,
He led a McCarthyite witch hunt against homosexuals.