1. McCarthyism - Noun
2. McCarthyism - Proper noun
unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)
Source: WordNetMcCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled. Joseph McCarthy
One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties. Pete Seeger
The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men. Emanuel Celler
I guess I was the most unbohemian of all bohemians. My bohemianism consisted of not wanting to get involved with the stupid stuff that I thought people wanted you to get involved with - ... namely America... Dwight Eisenhower, McCarthyism and all those great things. Amiri Baraka
A broad "coalition of the aggrieved" found McCarthyism attractive, or at least politically useful. Source: Internet
Although far-right radicals were the bedrock of support for McCarthyism, they were not alone. Source: Internet