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RED SCARE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red scare mean?
• RED SCARE (noun)
The noun RED SCARE has 1 sense:
1. a period of general fear of communists
Familiarity information: RED SCARE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A period of general fear of communists
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("red scare" is a kind of...):
panic; scare (sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events)
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