McCarthyism

  1. Noun.  (pejorative) The mass pressure, harassment, and/or blacklisting used to pressure people to follow popular political beliefs.
  2. Proper noun.  The intense opposition, countering, fear and/or suspicion of Communism, particularly in the United States during the 1950s.

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