red-tagging

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ad hominem practice of branding, naming or accusing individuals or organizations critical or not fully supportive of the government's position as communists, leftists, subversives or terrorists in an attempt to discredit or suppress them.

Word forms

red-tagging

Related words

red-tag red-baiting
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