counterradicalism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

counter- +‎ radicalism

Noun[edit]

counterradicalism (uncountable)

  1. 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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