anti-communist
Against Marxist ideology
Anti-communist describes opposition to communism as a political ideology or system.
The term covers a spectrum from scholarly critics to Cold War hardliners who saw communist influence everywhere.
As a noun, an anti-communist is someone who holds such views: McCarthy's anti-communist crusade destroyed careers.
The word can be neutral or carry connotations of zealotry depending on context.
Opposer of established systems
- defectorOne who abandons allegiance
- refusenikDeliberate noncomplier
- samizdatClandestine dissident publishing
- gulagForced labor prison system
exile · persecution · censorship · blacklist · purge · surveillance · underground · resistance
Preventing hostile expansion
- iron curtainDivider of forged metal
- NATOWestern defense organization
- Truman DoctrinePolicy opposing communist expansion
- Marshall PlanPostwar American economic assistance
Berlin Airlift · red scare · McCarthyism · CIA · arms race · Cuban Missile Crisis · detente · Vietnam War
Mass anti-communist hysteria
- fearmongeringDeliberately spreading exaggerated threats
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- agitpropPolitical art for causes
misinformation · leaflet · broadcast · Radio Free Europe · Voice of America · psychological warfare · demonization · scaremongering
Private profit-based economy
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- democracyRule by the people
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
privatization · conservatism · libertarianism · property rights · laissez-faire · constitutionalism · human rights · pluralism
dissident
Opposer of established systems
- defectorOne who abandons allegiance
- refusenikDeliberate noncomplier
- samizdatClandestine dissident publishing
gulag · exile · persecution · censorship · blacklist · purge · surveillance · underground · resistance · escape
containment
Preventing hostile expansion
- iron curtainDivider of forged metal
- NATOWestern defense organization
- Truman DoctrinePolicy opposing communist expansion
Marshall Plan · Berlin Airlift · red scare · McCarthyism · CIA · arms race · Cuban Missile Crisis · detente · Vietnam War · Korean War
red scare
Mass anti-communist hysteria
- fearmongeringDeliberately spreading exaggerated threats
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
agitprop · misinformation · leaflet · broadcast · Radio Free Europe · Voice of America · psychological warfare · demonization · scaremongering · blacklist
capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- democracyRule by the people
individualism · privatization · conservatism · libertarianism · property rights · laissez-faire · constitutionalism · human rights · pluralism · rule of law