mccarthyism
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Noun
- Unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were communists)
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| 1 | emotionalism | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | imperialism | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | metabolism | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | impressionism | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | americanism | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | minimalism | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | mutualism | 5 | 0 |
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| 1 | mccarthy | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | catechism | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | mccarthy's | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | mccarthyite | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | maccarthy | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | mccarty | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | mcclarty | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | mccauthy | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | mccartin | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | mccartha | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | mccartney's | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | mccary | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | mccart | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | mathys | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | mathis | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | martis | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | mclarty's | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | mcconathy | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | mcclatchy | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | mccartney | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 7
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
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