McCarthyism
/məˈkɑːθiːɪzəm/noun
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- 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）。
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