anticommunist
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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The city’s third and final socialist mayor, Frank Zeidler, left office in 1960 after serving three terms that overlapped with Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s notorious anticommunist campaign.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2023
It’s beginning to fade into history, but the John Birch Society was once the most formidable anticommunist organization of the Cold War era.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2022
Bush and Margaret Thatcher visited Jankowski’s church to honor his anticommunist activities.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2019
In 1991, the anticommunist Pope John Paul II gave qualified recognition of the virtues of entrepreneurship, in what free market enthusiasts hailed as the most positive papal statement on the subject to date.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2016
The news media latched onto McCarthy's speech and catapulted him to national prominence as the most aggressive anticommunist leader in the United States.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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