[Ads-l] Very Slight Antedating of "McCarthyism"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Wed May 21 21:13:19 UTC 2025


McCarthyism (OED 1950 [28 Mar.])

1950 Detroit News 27 Mar. 27/8 (Genealogy Bank)

Senator Flanders of Vermont has publicly "disassociated" himself from "McCarthyism."

Fred Shapiro

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