red-baiting

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red-baiting

noun

Philippines, US, sometimes, uncountable The (ad hominem) practice of accusing someone of being a communist, socialist or anarchist with the intention of discrediting their political views.
Similar: reductio ad Stalinum, red-tagging

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noun red-baiting

Deutsch	Kommunistenhetze

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@misc{red_baiting_2026,
  title = {red-baiting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/red-baiting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}