red menace
Cold War boogeyman
Red menace is a term for the perceived threat of communism, especially Soviet influence during the Cold War.
The phrase evokes fear of communist infiltration or expansion: Politicians warned of the red menace spreading through Europe.
Red refers to the color associated with communist movements.
The term now sounds dated or ironic, sometimes applied sarcastically to exaggerated anti-communist rhetoric.
- communismCollective ownership system
- sovietElected governmental assembly
- cold warHostility without open fighting
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
- propagandaBiased information for influence
McCarthy · scare · threat · fellow traveler · USSR · Kremlin · Communist Party · socialist · paranoia · under the bed · blacklist · espionage · fifth column · iron curtain · Berlin Wall · Stalin · hammer · sickle
red menacefree world
Existence without restrictions
NATO ally · free market economy · liberal democracy · Western powers · Western imperialism
red menacebeacon of hope
leader of the free world · land of the free · freedom fighter · voice of the people
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