(cricket) Initialism of Marylebone Cricket Club (the former governing body of cricket). / (US) Initialism of Metropolitan Correctional Center. / (military, US) Monitored Command Code

(military, US) Initialism of Marine Corps Community Services. / (military, US, humorous) Initialism of Marine Corps crime syndicate.

(derogatory) The mass pressure, harassment, and/or blacklisting used to pressure people to follow popular political beliefs, especially as opposed to communism.

The intense opposition to, and fear and suspicion of, Communism, particularly in the United States during the 1950s.

(idiomatic) The genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation.

political policies or ideology seen as a resurgence or continuation of McCarthyism after its heyday in the 1950s

A surname from Irish.

plural of McCainiac

(US politics, informal) An ardent follower or supporter of John McCain in his campaigns for the presidency in 2000 and 2008.

A surname from Irish.