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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
McCarthyism
▪ I. Mc·Carthy·ism 7 [McCarthyism] BrE [məˈkɑːθiɪzəm] NAmE [məˈkɑːrθiɪzəm] noun uncountable
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
▪ II. McCarthyism noun [U]extreme opposition to Communism, as shown by Senator Joseph McCarthy in his campaign against people suspected of being Communists in the US. The word is also used more generally to mean the practice of investigating and accusing people who are thought to be opposed to the government, without sufficient evidence.
Main entry: ↑Joseph McCarthyderived
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