red scares

A form of red scare — Fearmongering on the topic of a rise in communism that will threaten Western nations, especially from Soviet Union and the Soviet bloc in the past, China, Cuba, North Korea, etc. but also from any leftist movement.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of red scare
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