red-baiting

1 of 2

noun

red-bait·​ing ˈred-ˌbā-tiŋ 

variants often Red-baiting

: the act of attacking or persecuting as a Communist or as communistic

red-baiting

2 of 2

present participle of red-bait

Examples of red-baiting in a Sentence

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Noun

Advertisement Most notably, in 1958, congressional conservatives pushed to rein in the Warren Court for rulings that challenged and undercut the red-baiting that characterized the era of McCarthyism. — Time, 14 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1927, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for red-baiting

• abating
• awaiting
• berating
• castrating
• chelating
• collating
• conflating
• creating
• debating
• deflating
• derating
• dictating