A surname from Irish.

plural of McCart

(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.

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

Of or pertaining to McCarthyism

A follower of McCarthyism; a McCarthyist

plural of McCarthyite

A follower of McCarthyism.

Characteristic of McCarthyism or McCarthyists.