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McCarthyism

noun
🔊/məˈkɑːθiɪzəm/
🔊/məˈkɑːrθiɪzəm/
[uncountable]
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  1. an aggressive investigation during the 1950s against people in the US government and other institutions who were thought to be communists, in which many people lost their jobs麦卡锡反共审查（20 世纪 50 年代在美国政府等机构中进行，很多人因此失业）；麦卡锡主义