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First Red Scare

First Red Scare proper noun: a period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of far-left extremism, including but not limited to Bolshevism, socialism, and anarchism.

Proper noun

First Red Scare

  1. (historical) A period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of far-left extremism, including but not limited to Bolshevism, socialism, and anarchism.

Questions about First Red Scare

What does First Red Scare mean?
First Red Scare means a period during the early 20th-century history of the United States marked by a widespread fear of far-left extremism, including but not limited to Bolshevism, socialism, and anarchism.
What part of speech is First Red Scare?
First Red Scare is a proper noun.

Words near First Red Scare in the dictionary

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  9. first responder
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