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Instigating this fear was Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy was a Republican senator from Wisconsin and was the leader behind the ethos of McCarthyism. The term was created in 1950 by Washington Post writer Herbert Block.
2016-08-08T12:56:05-04:00. 1  McCarthyism mean making accusation of Treason without proper regard r evidence. It could also be defined as making unfair allegations or investigating technique to dissent politician criticism. it was named after joseph McCarthy, the men who spread fears regarding communist subversion to the people during cold war period.