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McCarthyite

McCarthyite adjective: of or pertaining to McCarthyism.

Adjective

McCarthyite (comparative more McCarthyite, superlative most McCarthyite)

  1. Of or pertaining to McCarthyism
    • By that late date, however, the golden age of the lurid paperback book was pretty much over, and the sort of punishment meted out to Aday and Maxey for flaunting the sexual mores of a McCarthyite culture would soon be a thing of the past.2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 22

Noun

McCarthyite (plural McCarthyites)

  1. A follower of McCarthyism; a McCarthyist

Forms of McCarthyite

Adjective
comparativemore McCarthyite
superlativemost McCarthyite
Noun
pluralMcCarthyites

Origin of McCarthyite

From McCarthy + -ite.

Questions about McCarthyite

What does McCarthyite mean?
McCarthyite means of or pertaining to McCarthyism.
What part of speech is McCarthyite?
McCarthyite can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near McCarthyite in the dictionary

  1. McCarthyism
  2. McCarthyisms
  3. McCarthyist
  4. McCarthyistic
  5. McCarthyists
  6. McCarthyite
  7. McCarthyites
  8. McCarthys
  9. McCartin
  10. McCartins
  11. McCartney

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