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Definition of McCarthyism noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

McCarthyism

noun
 
/məˈkɑːθiɪzəm/
 
/məˈkɑːrθiɪzəm/
[uncountable]
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  1. an aggressive investigation during the 1950s against people in the US government and other institutions who were thought to be communists, in which many people lost their jobs
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