counterradicalism
English
Etymology
counter- + radicalism
Noun
counterradicalism (uncountable)
- Counterradical policies generally.
- 1992, Curt Gentry, J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets, page 76:
- Apparently Hoover survived the purge both because of his expertise in counterradicalism and by convincing Palmer, through Garvan, that he was not an "O'Briari man."
- 1993, James D. Calder, The Origins and Development of Federal Crime Control Policy:
- By the time he had participated in the Belgian relief, by the time he had observed the excesses of counterradicalism during the Red Scare […]
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Related terms
- counterradical