the practice of accusing someone of being a Communist and therefore avoiding or not trusting them麦卡锡主义(以莫虚有的罪名指控某人某事的法西斯行径)
McCarthyism is named after the American politician Joseph McCarthy, who in the 1950s accused many Americans of being Communists.麦卡锡主义以美国政客约瑟夫‧麦卡锡的名字命名,1950年,他指控众多美国公民为共产党人。