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Meaning of "McCarthyist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MCCARTHYIST

McCarthyist  [məˈkɑːθɪɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MCCARTHYIST

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Mccarthyist is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MCCARTHYIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

McCarthyism

McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism." The term has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1950 to 1956 and characterized by heightened political repression against communists, as well as a fear campaign spreading paranoia of their influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents. Originally coined to criticize the anti-communist pursuits of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, "McCarthyism" soon took on a broader meaning, describing the excesses of similar efforts. The term is also now used more generally to describe reckless, unsubstantiated accusations, as well as demagogic attacks on the character or patriotism of political adversaries.

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lobbyist
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MCCARTHYIST

McAleese
MCAT
MCB
McBride
MCC
McCahon
McCall
McCarthy
McCarthyism
McCarthyite
McCartney
McConnell
McCormack
McCormick
McCoy
McCullers
McDonald
McEnroe
McEwan
McEwen

WORDS THAT END LIKE MCCARTHYIST

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Synonyms and antonyms of McCarthyist in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «McCarthyist» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

麦卡锡主义
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

macartista
570 millions of speakers

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McCarthyist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

McCarthyist
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

McCarthyist
280 millions of speakers

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McCarthyist
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

McCarthyista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

McCarthyist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maccarthyste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

McCarthyist
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

McCarthy´schen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

McCarthyist
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

McCarthyist
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

McCarthyist
85 millions of speakers
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McCarthyist
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெக்கார்தே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॅककार्थी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

McCarthyist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maccartista
65 millions of speakers

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McCarthyist
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

McCarthyist
40 millions of speakers

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McCarthyist
30 millions of speakers
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McCarthyist
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McCarthyist
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McCarthyist
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McCarthyist
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Trends of use of McCarthyist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MCCARTHYIST»

The term «McCarthyist» is used very little and occupies the 174.353 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MCCARTHYIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about McCarthyist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MCCARTHYIST»

Discover the use of McCarthyist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to McCarthyist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Paranoia, the Bomb, and 1950s Science Fiction Films
and driven by paranoiac fantasy. Thus this sf film promotes a paranoiac solution to the problem of the McCarthyist paranoiac reality. The direct connection the film makes back to the scientists' movement is through the character of Dr. Barnhardt  ...
Cynthia Hendershot, 1999
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Central Sites, Peripheral Visions: Cultural and ...
McCarthyist. Aftermath: Internal. Academic. Exile,. 1954–1959. Redfield's wish that Armstrong had been more forthcoming about his Communist connections did not prevent his recommending him in response to an inquiry early in 1954 asking  ...
Richard Handler, 2006
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Anticommunism and the African American Freedom Movement: ...
... Correspondence asserted that “the form of a Marxist Organization today is a newspaper,” a seemingly convenient nonactivist adaptation to McCarthyist repression.7 Correspondence thus joined other individual writers and serial publications ...
Robbie Lieberman, Clarence Lang, 2009
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Guys Like Us: Citing Masculinity in Cold War Poetics
Much debate about the film centers on Robert Aldrich's personal relationship to the McCarthyist climate of the age. ... had been a commie-hating antihero, but Aldrich turns him into a parody of McCarthyist ends-justifies-means interrogation.
Michael Davidson, 2004
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Containment Culture: American Narratives, Postmodernism, and ...
The relationship between authority and gendered narrative is foregrounded here by the whore, who inverts the role of the McCarthyist witness who is both courting the interrogators and courted by them. The McCarthyist witness, selling ...
Alan Nadel, 1995
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The CIA and American Democracy
Two years later, Smith swam with the McCarthyist tide when he told a congressional committee that “there are Communists in my own organization,” though he had been unable to detect them.11 In spite of that remark, Smith is usually ...
Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, 2014
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Hollywood's History Films
In the guise of a western, the scenario of Johnny Guitar also sought to disparage the self-righteous fanaticism of McCarthyist red-baiters who 'threaten, bully, and make empty promises to the innocent victims'.6 Broken Arrow too, has been ...
David Eldridge, 2006
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Movies in American History: An Encyclopedia [3 volumes]: An ...
The film thus follows Prince's development of a social conscience, until he finally takes a principled stand against the McCarthyist witch hunt at the conclusion of the film. Bernstein's Oscar-nominated screenplay deftly weaves together the film's  ...
Philip C. DiMare, 2011
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Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios
In a rapid succession of events, without showing any proof, the “marshal” is able to turn the initially supportive populace against Ballard. In its obvious parallel with the McCarthyist witch hunts of the 1950s, Silver Lode covers similar ground to ...
Frederic Lombardi, 2013
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Different Engines: How Science Drives Fiction and Fiction ...
McCarthyist anti-communist witch-hunts, the conspiratorial House of Un- American Activities committee, and growing international tension between superpowers equipped with the H-bomb. A slew of popular science fiction B- movies captured ...
Mark Brake, Neil Hook, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MCCARTHYIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term McCarthyist is used in the context of the following news items.
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The memorial to communism in Ottawa is a poor example of public …
However, communism is not among these—only a McCarthyist would argue otherwise. Communism, in broad strokes, arose as a political ... «Straight.com, Jul 15»
2
In which Ah! A coffin!…
... and McCarthyist paranoia in The Crucible. This might seem like the spot where the world of 1997 has most obviously lapped The Simpsons, ... «A.V. Club Austin, Jul 15»
3
Here's everything we know about Captain America: Civil War
They only originally hinted at a well-loved but obscure storyline involving a McCarthyist (it's a word, look it up) Captain America that's brought to ... «Entertainment.ie, Jul 15»
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İHSAN YILMAZ
That being said, he must at least be given credit for recognizing the McCarthyist frenzy of the AKP. If the AKP loses more power, we will witness ... «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»
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The most gut-wrenching anti-Communist scare flick ever made
Admittedly, picking McCarthyist paranoia for this week's theme might seem indecent, given that the Red Scare is widely considered to be ... «A.V. Club Austin, Jul 15»
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Lawmakers Are Using Trade Rules to Blacklist Critics of Israel
Suppressing BDS is, to borrow a McCarthyist phrase, simply un-American. In this case, it also advances the anti-egalitarian, pro-corporate ... «Truth-Out, Jun 15»
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Terror talk drowns out debate
... serious mistake giving a live microphone to a peanut-brained cretin such as Zaky Mallah but the use of such McCarthyist language is another ... «The West Australian, Jun 15»
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Anti-Israel Blacklist or Human Rights Protest?: How the media …
A story reported last week by Inside Higher Education read like a McCarthyist nightmare: A Brazilian university administrator urgently requested ... «Mondoweiss, Jun 15»
9
The Cultural Boycott: Israel vs. South Africa
The BDS movement has consistently refrained from using McCarthyist tools in resisting Israel's regime of oppression, despite, or because of, ... «Hyperallergic, Jun 15»
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10 Best Political Punk Rock Albums of All Time
With song titles like “The Only Good Fascist is a Very Dead Fascist” and “I Was a Pre-Teen McCarthyist,” does the political side even need any ... «Phoenix New Times, Jun 15»

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