red scare

English

Noun

red scare (plural red scares)

1. Fearmongering on the topic of a rise in communism that will threaten Western nations, especially from Soviet Union and the Soviet bloc in the past, China, Cuba, North Korea, etc. but also from any leftist movement.

Hypernyms

• fearmongering

Translations

perceived threat from communism and leftist movements

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅色恐慌／红色恐慌, 红色恐慌 (hóngsè kǒnghuāng)

• Finnish: kommunismilla pelottelu
• French: peur rouge f
• German: Rote Angst f
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• Japanese: 赤狩り (あかがり, akagari)
• Korean: 적색 공포 (jeoksaek gongpo) (赤色恐怖), 레드 스케어 (redeu seukeeo)
• Russian: кра́сная угро́за (ru) f (krásnaja ugróza)
• Spanish: temor rojo m

See also

• yellow peril
• red-baiting

Anagrams

• sacreder, scareder