Get to know Mccarthyite better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning.
Mccarthyite in a sentence
Mccarthyite meaning
Of or pertaining to McCarthyism
Using Mccarthyite
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to McCarthyism
Context around Mccarthyite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mccarthyite
- In this selection, "mccarthyite" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unfounded, consider, core, witch, witchhunt and smear stand out and add context to how "mccarthyite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an unfounded mccarthyite smear and during the mccarthyite witch hunts. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mccarthyite" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mccarthyite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Isn’t he being McCarthyite about this? (7 words)
These were not, however, the hard-core McCarthyite followers. (9 words)
Was Hillary Clinton speaking truth about Tulsi Gabbard, or just launching an unfounded McCarthyite smear? (15 words)
No credible Republican alternative to McCarthy had emerged by the adjournment, although one obvious name would be incoming House majority leader Steve Scalise, a McCarthyite who has nevertheless been clear that he has ambitions of his own. (37 words)
Friends can still denounce each other, as if we were in America during the McCarthyite witch-hunts of the 1950s or China during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s. (29 words)
Johnson allies have attempted to undermine the inquiry, calling it a “McCarthyite witchhunt” and have put pressure on four Tory MPs on the committee to quit. (26 words)
Was Hillary Clinton speaking truth about Tulsi Gabbard, or just launching an unfounded McCarthyite smear? (15 words)
Isn’t he being McCarthyite about this? (7 words)
Example sentences (7)
Friends can still denounce each other, as if we were in America during the McCarthyite witch-hunts of the 1950s or China during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s.
Johnson allies have attempted to undermine the inquiry, calling it a “McCarthyite witchhunt” and have put pressure on four Tory MPs on the committee to quit.
No credible Republican alternative to McCarthy had emerged by the adjournment, although one obvious name would be incoming House majority leader Steve Scalise, a McCarthyite who has nevertheless been clear that he has ambitions of his own.
Was Hillary Clinton speaking truth about Tulsi Gabbard, or just launching an unfounded McCarthyite smear?
At the same time, the ADL wants to distance itself, delicately, from the tactics of Canary Mission, which many consider McCarthyite.
Isn’t he being McCarthyite about this?
These were not, however, the hard-core McCarthyite followers.