red scare
English
Noun
red scare (plural red scares)
- 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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Translations
perceived threat from communism and leftist movements
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