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- adjective Of or pertaining to
McCarthyism - noun A follower of McCarthyism; a
McCarthyist
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Examples
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In a further sign of what Prof Gordon and others have labelled a McCarthyite climate, MPs in the parliamentary education committee -- which has come to closely reflect Mr Saar's views -- summoned for questioning two head teachers of prestigious schools after they criticised official policies.
CounterPunch 2010
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Former Air Force Chief of Staff criticizes Clinton's "McCarthyite" tactics against Obama 2008
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Hargey is chair of the Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford and the Imam of the Summertown Islamic Congregration, and describes the "McCarthyite" campaign which the "Muslim heirarchy in Britain" have waged against him.
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When Ms. Cloud finished, I pointed out that organizing mobs to scream epithets at invited speakers fit the category of "McCarthyite" a lot more snugly than my support for a pluralism of views in university classrooms.
Leftists on campus hate free speech.... GayandRight 2009
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When Ms. Cloud finished, I pointed out that organizing mobs to scream epithets at invited speakers fit the category of "McCarthyite" a lot more snugly than my support for a pluralism of views in university classrooms.
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Hargey is chair of the Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford and the Imam of the Summertown Islamic Congregration, and describes the "McCarthyite" campaign which the "Muslim heirarchy in Britain" have waged against him.
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But a good deal of it was payback for Nixons "McCarthyite" persecution of Alger Hiss and "innocent Jews".
<a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-were-bill-and-hillary-clinton.html" title="How were Bill and Hillary Clinton different — as law professors Ann Althouse 2008
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Significantly, Nixon had been a pioneer "McCarthyite" in the 1940s, before McCarthy himself joined and gave his name to the political attack on the "Eastern Establishment" elite.
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CLOONEY: Sure, there are certainly issues that -- I wouldn't call it "McCarthyite," because I think we're a long way from the Senate and the House bringing people in front of them and trying them by innuendo and with sealed envelopes.
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Israeli parliament backs 'McCarthyite' investigation into human rights groups
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