neo-mccarthyism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
political policies or ideology seen as a resurgence or continuation of McCarthyism after its heyday in the 1950s
American usage; Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- Irish Mac Carthaighbor. English McCarthy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English McCarthyism English neo-McCarthyism From neo- + McCarthyism.
Usage
- American usage
- Uncountable