McCarthyism

/məˌkɑrθiˈɪzəm/
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Definitions of McCarthyism
  1. noun
    unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)
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    type of:
    witch-hunt
    searching out and harassing dissenters
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