red scare
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- noun
- /rɛd skɛr/
- US
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miedo rojo
- Many artists faced severe backlash during the red scare as their political beliefs were scrutinized.
This, the extremist violence, the labor conflicts, and the general rise of communism gives rise to the Red Scare across the Western world.
- This, the extremist violence, the labor conflicts, and the general rise of communism gives rise to the Red Scare across the Western world.
- And people are partying and kind of ignoring it and, and you realize that, oh, this is about the red scare.
- And and unfortunately in Dashiell Ham, it was, I guess, taken out by, you know, the the marks, Yeah, the Red Scare and was blacklisted.
Examples
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McCarthy's Red Scare destroyed thousands of lives.
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The Seattle General Strike is the first trigger for the Red Scare that will soon sweep the country.
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McCarthy's Red Scare destroyed thousands of lives.
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So what, what typified the Red Scare and, and what resembles it today?
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And and unfortunately in Dashiell Ham, it was, I guess, taken out by, you know, the the marks, Yeah, the Red Scare and was blacklisted.
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Ironically, because of the red scare during the cold war, that song came to define his life, because his name along with that of many other performers, was scandalized by what came to be known as mccarthyism.
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Some fifty media corporations somehow cooperated to bring the red scare and cold war to America, resulting in a massive military buildup, all the while denying most Americans universal health care.
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The red scare of American anti-communist mass media propaganda of the latter half of the 20th century was key in moving America into war with North Korea, North Vietnam, Grenada, and Panama.
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During the 1950s, the red scare created an atmosphere of fear and distrust across America.
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The red scare led to numerous investigations that targeted alleged communists in the U.S. government.
Antonyms
How Fearful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Given the provided senses, 'red' (a person with communist beliefs) combined with 'scare' (a period of fear) composes directly to mean a widespread fear of communism. This is a straightforward, compositional political phrase (color + fear) that a learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer, so it is transparent.
Etymology
Red scare comes from the color red, the color of communist flags, and the word scare, meaning 'fear'. So red scare describes a time when many people were afraid of 'communism'.