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McCarthy

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Mc·Car·thy  (m-kärth), Joseph Raymond 1908-1957.
American politician. A U.S. senator from Wisconsin (1947-1957), he presided over the permanent subcommittee on investigations and held public hearings in which he accused army officials, members of the media, and public figures of being Communists. His charges were never proved, and he was censured by the Senate in 1954.
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Noun1.McCarthy - United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)
Mary McCarthy, Mary Therese McCarthy
2.McCarthy - United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957)
Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Raymond McCarthy


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