McCarthyism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  McCarthyism \McCarthyism\ prop. n. [from Senator Joseph
     McCarthy, who repeatedly asserted without evidence that
     numerous communists were present in the United States
     government.]
     Unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying
     they were Communists).


     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  McCarthyism
       n : unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying
           they were Communists)