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neo-McCarthyism

neo-McCarthyism noun: political policies or ideology seen as a resurgence or continuation of McCarthyism after its heyday in the 1950s.

Noun

neo-McCarthyism (uncountable)

  1. (US) political policies or ideology seen as a resurgence or continuation of McCarthyism after its heyday in the 1950s

Origin of neo-McCarthyism

From neo- + McCarthyism.

Questions about neo-McCarthyism

What does neo-McCarthyism mean?
Neo-McCarthyism means political policies or ideology seen as a resurgence or continuation of McCarthyism after its heyday in the 1950s.
What part of speech is neo-McCarthyism?
Neo-McCarthyism is a noun.

Words near neo-McCarthyism in the dictionary

  1. neo-Marxism
  2. neo-Marxisms
  3. neo-Marxist
  4. neo-Marxists
  5. neo-materialism
  6. neo-McCarthyism
  7. neo-medievalism
  8. Neo-Melanesian
  9. neo-mercantilism
  10. Neo-Middle Egyptian
  11. neo-misogynist

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