maccarthysme
French, noun/ma.kaʁ.tism/
maccarthysme is spelled M-A-C-C-A-R-T-H-Y-S-M-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maccarthysme is a French masculine noun meaning “McCarthyism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Désigne la politique inquisitoriale menée par la commission (1947-1953) du sénateur Joseph McCarthy…”.
What does maccarthysme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineMcCarthyism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Désigne la politique inquisitoriale menée par la commission (1947-1953) du sénateur Joseph McCarthy consistant à traquer d’éventuels agents, militants ou sympathisants communistes aux États-Unis. 2. Toute politique consistant à réduire l’expression d’opinions politiques ou sociales jugées défavorables, en limitant les droits civiques sous le motif de défendre la sécurité nationale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maccarthysme
- maccarthysmes plural
- maccarthisme
- maccarthyisme rare
- mcarthyisme rare
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maccarthysme?
- /ma.kaʁ.tism/
- /ma.kaʁ.tizm/
- \ma.kaʁ.tism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is maccarthysme in French?
maccarthysme appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).