McCarthyite

English

Etymology

From McCarthy +‎ -ite.

Adjective

McCarthyite (comparative more McCarthyite, superlative most McCarthyite)

1. Of or pertaining to McCarthyism
   • 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 22:

     By that late date, however, the golden age of the lurid paperback book was pretty much over, and the sort of punishment meted out to Aday and Maxey for flaunting the sexual mores of a McCarthyite culture would soon be a thing of the past.

Noun

McCarthyite (plural McCarthyites)

1. A follower of McCarthyism; a McCarthyist

Translations

follower of McCarthyism

• Italian: maccartista (it)

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