Second Red Scare

proper noun

A period in the United States between the 1940s and 1950s marked by a widespread fear of communism and socialism; McCarthyism.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA period in the United States between the 1940s and 1950s marked by a widespread fear of communism and socialism; McCarthyism.
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APA

Second Red Scare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Second%20Red%20Scare

MLA

“Second Red Scare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Second%20Red%20Scare. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Second Red Scare,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Second%20Red%20Scare.

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