Lavender Scare
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The Lavender Scare was a mid-20th-century U.S. campaign that targeted and purged suspected homosexuals from government employment, paralleling and intertwined with the anti-communist Red Scare.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lavender Scare canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21085426 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lavender Scare Context triple: [Executive Order 10450, associatedWith, Lavender Scare]
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A.
McCarthyism
McCarthyism was a period of intense anti-communist suspicion and political repression in the United States during the early Cold War, marked by aggressive investigations, blacklisting, and accusations often made without proper evidence.
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B.
Red Scare in the United States
The Red Scare in the United States refers to periods of intense anti-communist fear and political repression, most notably after World War I and during the early Cold War, marked by government crackdowns, loyalty investigations, and widespread suspicion of leftist activities.
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C.
Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids were a series of controversial mass arrests and deportations of suspected radicals and anarchists in the United States during 1919–1920, carried out amid the First Red Scare.
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D.
Condon Report
The Condon Report is a 1968 scientific study commissioned by the U.S. Air Force that concluded further systematic investigation of UFOs was unlikely to yield significant scientific discoveries.
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E.
Hollywood Red Scare
The Hollywood Red Scare was a period in mid-20th-century America when fear of communist influence led to widespread investigations, blacklisting, and censorship in the U.S. film industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lavender Scare Target entity description: The Lavender Scare was a mid-20th-century U.S. campaign that targeted and purged suspected homosexuals from government employment, paralleling and intertwined with the anti-communist Red Scare.
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A.
McCarthyism
McCarthyism was a period of intense anti-communist suspicion and political repression in the United States during the early Cold War, marked by aggressive investigations, blacklisting, and accusations often made without proper evidence.
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B.
Red Scare in the United States
The Red Scare in the United States refers to periods of intense anti-communist fear and political repression, most notably after World War I and during the early Cold War, marked by government crackdowns, loyalty investigations, and widespread suspicion of leftist activities.
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C.
Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids were a series of controversial mass arrests and deportations of suspected radicals and anarchists in the United States during 1919–1920, carried out amid the First Red Scare.
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D.
Condon Report
The Condon Report is a 1968 scientific study commissioned by the U.S. Air Force that concluded further systematic investigation of UFOs was unlikely to yield significant scientific discoveries.
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E.
Hollywood Red Scare
The Hollywood Red Scare was a period in mid-20th-century America when fear of communist influence led to widespread investigations, blacklisting, and censorship in the U.S. film industry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.