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单词 McCarthyism
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Definition of McCarthyism in English:

McCarthyism

noun məˈkɑːθɪɪz(ə)mməˈkɑrθiˌɪzəm
mass noun
  • A vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–4. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, though most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party.

    麦卡锡主义(1950-1954年发生在美国政府和其他机构中的一场大张旗鼓迫害共产党嫌疑分子的运动,该运动由参议员约瑟夫·麦卡锡发起,虽然大多数被怀疑者根本不是共产党人,但许多人被列入黑名单或失去工作)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • During the 1950 campaign, fallout from McCarthyism and strident anti-Communism began to take its toll on Utah's Democratic candidates.
    • The effect of McCarthyism on people in government and in the entertainment industry has been widely publicized.
    • A type of modern McCarthyism, this sort of intimidation can only serve to stifle further an informed public debate on climate change, and it is a deplorable action for an Attorney General to take.
    • Computergate was a chilling welcome to a new McCarthyism, a McCarthyism not run by a centralized political authority, but enabled by a specific way of understanding and treating computer technology.
    • They've had intellectual terror on the campus for years… It's time for a new McCarthyism.
    • The films made prior to, during, and after the McCarthy era reflect the complicated connection between McCarthyism and Hollywood.
    • A few of the people caught up in McCarthyism were actual Russian spies.
    • During the decade we now associate with ‘McCarthyism,’ fear ran rampant in our national politics.
    • The essence of the tactic of McCarthyism is to de-legitimize one's opponent so as to avoid addressing the substance of his argument.
    • In the school's library I found a remnant of McCarthyism stamped inside the cover of a book.

Derivatives

  • McCarthyite

  • adjective & noun məˈkɑːθɪʌɪt
    • They think it's a McCarthyite vendetta against Dr Wakefield.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In a bitterly angry riposte Benveniste described the investigation as a mockery of scientific inquiry, and compared it to a Salem witch hunt or a McCarthyite prosecution.
      • In the absence of that, this is just a McCarthyist witch-hunt.
      • I would hope that all the institutions represented here would join in a protest against this McCarthyite attempt to suppress dissident views.
      • They think it's a McCarthyist vendetta against Dr Wakefield.

Definition of McCarthyism in US English:

McCarthyism

nounməˈkɑrθiˌɪzəmməˈkärTHēˌizəm
  • 1A vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54. Many of the accused were blacklisted or lost their jobs, although most did not in fact belong to the Communist Party.

    麦卡锡主义(1950-1954年发生在美国政府和其他机构中的一场大张旗鼓迫害共产党嫌疑分子的运动,该运动由参议员约瑟夫·麦卡锡发起,虽然大多数被怀疑者根本不是共产党人,但许多人被列入黑名单或失去工作)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A type of modern McCarthyism, this sort of intimidation can only serve to stifle further an informed public debate on climate change, and it is a deplorable action for an Attorney General to take.
    • A few of the people caught up in McCarthyism were actual Russian spies.
    • They've had intellectual terror on the campus for years… It's time for a new McCarthyism.
    • The films made prior to, during, and after the McCarthy era reflect the complicated connection between McCarthyism and Hollywood.
    • In the school's library I found a remnant of McCarthyism stamped inside the cover of a book.
    • Computergate was a chilling welcome to a new McCarthyism, a McCarthyism not run by a centralized political authority, but enabled by a specific way of understanding and treating computer technology.
    • The essence of the tactic of McCarthyism is to de-legitimize one's opponent so as to avoid addressing the substance of his argument.
    • The effect of McCarthyism on people in government and in the entertainment industry has been widely publicized.
    • During the decade we now associate with ‘McCarthyism,’ fear ran rampant in our national politics.
    • During the 1950 campaign, fallout from McCarthyism and strident anti-Communism began to take its toll on Utah's Democratic candidates.
    1. 1.1 A campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations.
      he practiced McCarthyism long before there was a McCarthy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Presumably, Bush's argument for war brings about a McCarthyism which threatens everything we hold dear.
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