Etymology

neo-McCarthyism

Today it means: political policies or ideology seen as a resurgence or continuation of McCarthyism after its heyday in the 1950s Full definition →

English McCarthyism ← Irish Mac Carthaigh ← Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*néwos
  4. Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
  5. Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
  6. Englishneo-
  7. IrishMac Carthaigh
  8. EnglishMcCarthy
  9. EnglishMcCarthyism
  10. English todayneo-McCarthyism

From neo- + McCarthyism.

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