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McCarthyism

phenomenon in the United States of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence, named after Senator Joseph McCarthy
Event red_scare Q207066
McCarthyism
United States Senate · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

McCarthyism is a Red Scare[1]. McCarthyism draws 19,321 Wikipedia views per month (red scare category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: prejudice[4], harassment[5]
  • Named after: Joseph McCarthy[6]
  • Commons category: McCarthyism[7]
  • Start time: 1950[8]
  • End time: 1954[9]
  • Has cause: Red Scare[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:McCarthyism[11]
  • Political ideology: anti-communism[12]
  • Facet of: politics of the United States[13]
  • Described by source: Tarihsel Terimler Sozlugu[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[15]
  • Victim(s): Anita Parkhurst Willcox[16]

Why It Matters

McCarthyism has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] McCarthyism is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Good Night, and Good Luck. Joseph McCarthy Oppenheimer politics of the United States United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The oregon encyclopedia id → mccarthy_era
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The oregon encyclopedia id: mccarthy_era, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/83141052|McCarthy Era (#83141052)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/2968|The Oreg"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:McCarthyism
    Political ideology → anti-communism
    Named after → Joseph McCarthy
    Local thumb → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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