anticommunist
Against collective ownership
Anticommunist describes opposition to communism or communist governments.
The term applies to individuals, movements, or policies aimed at preventing or dismantling communist influence: anticommunist purges, anticommunist rhetoric.
During the Cold War, anticommunist sentiment shaped American foreign policy and domestic politics, from McCarthyism to interventions abroad.
As a noun, an anticommunist is someone who holds these views.
Preventing hostile expansion
- McCarthyismPolitically-motivated accusation without evidence
- NATOWestern defense organization
- détenteEasing of strained relations
- HUACRed Scare congressional committee
blacklist · witch-hunt · defector · espionage · counterintelligence · SEATO · rollback · brinkmanship
Record of prohibited entities
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
deportation · exile · ostracism · surveillance · informant · denunciation · gulag · refugee
Red Scare congressional committee
- blacklistRecord of prohibited entities
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- informantOne who provides intelligence
- denunciationFormal public accusation
surveillance · deportation · red-baiting · un-American · subversive · pinko · anti-Soviet · émigré
Private profit-based economy
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
conservatism · laissez-faire · objectivism · neoliberalism · Hayek · Friedman · Rand · Buckley
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
- agitpropPolitical art for causes
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- leafletSingle-sheet printed handout
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
pamphlet · caricature · vilification · demonization · fearmongering
State with elected leaders
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
containment
Preventing hostile expansion
- McCarthyismPolitically-motivated accusation without evidence
- NATOWestern defense organization
- détenteEasing of strained relations
HUAC · blacklist · witch-hunt · defector · espionage · counterintelligence · SEATO · rollback · brinkmanship
blacklist
Record of prohibited entities
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
imprisonment · deportation · exile · ostracism · surveillance · informant · denunciation · gulag · refugee · defector
HUAC
Red Scare congressional committee
- blacklistRecord of prohibited entities
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
- informantOne who provides intelligence
denunciation · surveillance · deportation · red-baiting · un-American · subversive · pinko · anti-Soviet · émigré · dissident
capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- free-marketUnregulated private exchange
- libertarianismMinimal-government political philosophy
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
liberalism · conservatism · laissez-faire · objectivism · neoliberalism · Hayek · Friedman · Rand · Buckley · Solzhenitsyn
disinformation
Intentional deceptive falsehoods
- agitpropPolitical art for causes
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- leafletSingle-sheet printed handout
broadcast · pamphlet · caricature · vilification · demonization · fearmongering
republic
State with elected leaders
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
self-determination · sovereignty · liberation · anti-authoritarian
anticommunistleftist
Advocate for progressive politics
far-left · radical left · left-wing · progressive · liberal
anticommunistSoviet
Of the USSR
Eastern Bloc · Warsaw Pact · Comintern · red · pinko