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fascist

adj · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈfæʃɪst/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Philippines: /ˈfa.sɪst/
  • rhymes with -æʃɪst
  • CMU ARPABET: F AE1 SH IH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to fascism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Supporting the principles of fascism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, informal

Examples

  • I have a fascist boss.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Of or pertaining to the Kingdom of Italy from 1922–1943.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: fascism, government, history, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Italian

5

noun

Meaning 5

A proponent of fascism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Mussolini was a fascist well known for his repression of criticism and totalitarian government.
  • Fascist? I'm not fascist. You're the fascist!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A member of the National Fascist Party in Italy from 1922 to 1943.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, historical, sometimes

Topics: fascism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fascist

7

noun

Meaning 7

Synonym of Nazi.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, historical, sometimes

Topics: fascism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Nazi

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

relating to or characteristic of fascism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • fascist propaganda

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fascistic

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

an adherent of fascism or other right-wing authoritarian views

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rightist, right-winger

Narrower terms: Blackshirt, falangist, phalangist, fascista, Nazi, German Nazi

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin fascis Italian fascio Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. Italian -ista Italian fascistabor. English fascist 1921, from Italian fascista, from fascio (“bundle, bunch”), in use metonymically for "group of men organized for political purposes" since 1895. Ultimately with reference to the fasces or bundles of axes and rods carried before the magistrates of ancient Rome in token of their power of life and death.

Across languages

Translations

191 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فَاشِسْتِيّ (fāšistiyy) — of or relating to fascism
  • Arabic: فَاشِيّ (fāšiyy) — of or relating to fascism
  • Arabic: نَازِيّ (nāziyy) — of or relating to fascism
  • Armenian: ֆաշիստական (fašistakan) — of or relating to fascism
  • Belarusian: фашы́сцкі (fašýscki) — of or relating to fascism
  • Breton: faskour — of or relating to fascism
  • Breton: faskourez — of or relating to fascism
  • Bulgarian: фаши́стки (fašístki) — of or relating to fascism
  • Catalan: feixista — of or relating to fascism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法西斯主義的 /法西斯主义的 (fǎxīsīzhǔyì de) — of or relating to fascism
  • Czech: fašistický — of or relating to fascism
  • Dutch: fascistisch — of or relating to fascism
  • Esperanto: faŝisma — of or relating to fascism
  • Finnish: fasistinen — of or relating to fascism
  • Finnish: fasismi- — of or relating to fascism
  • French: fasciste — of or relating to fascism
  • French: facho — of or relating to fascism
  • Galician: fascista — of or relating to fascism
  • Georgian: ფაშისტური (pašisṭuri) — of or relating to fascism
  • German: faschistisch — of or relating to fascism
  • Greek: φασιστικός (fasistikós) — of or relating to fascism
  • Hungarian: fasiszta — of or relating to fascism
  • Icelandic: fasískur — of or relating to fascism
  • Irish: faisisteach — of or relating to fascism
  • Italian: fascista — of or relating to fascism
  • Kazakh: фашистік (faşistık) — of or relating to fascism
  • Macedonian: фаши́стички (fašístički) — of or relating to fascism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fascistisk — of or relating to fascism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fasistisk — of or relating to fascism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fascistisk — of or relating to fascism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fasistisk — of or relating to fascism
  • Pannonian Rusyn: фашистични (fašistični) — of or relating to fascism
  • Persian: فاشیست (fašist) — of or relating to fascism
  • Polish: faszystowski — of or relating to fascism
  • Portuguese: fascista — of or relating to fascism
  • Romanian: fascist — of or relating to fascism
  • Russian: фаши́стский (fašístskij) — of or relating to fascism
  • Slovak: fašistický — of or relating to fascism
  • Spanish: fascista — of or relating to fascism
  • Swahili: kifashisti — of or relating to fascism
  • Swedish: fascistisk — of or relating to fascism
  • Swedish: fascistoid — of or relating to fascism
  • Tagalog: pasista — of or relating to fascism
  • Tajik: фашистӣ (fašisti) — of or relating to fascism
  • Turkish: faşist — of or relating to fascism
  • Ukrainian: фаши́стський (fašýstsʹkyj) — of or relating to fascism
  • Urdu: فاسی (fāsī) — of or relating to fascism
  • Urdu: فاشی (fašī) — of or relating to fascism
  • Vietnamese: phát xít — of or relating to fascism
  • Volapük: fajistik — of or relating to fascism
  • Yiddish: פֿאַשיסטיש (fashistish) — of or relating to fascism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法西斯蒂的 (fǎxīsīdì de) — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Czech: fašistický — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Esperanto: faŝisma — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Finnish: fasistinen — supporting the principles of fascism
  • French: fasciste — supporting the principles of fascism
  • French: facho — supporting the principles of fascism
  • German: faschistisch — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Greek: φασιστικός (fasistikós) — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Hungarian: fasiszta — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Italian: fascista — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Macedonian: фаши́стички (fašístički) — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fascistisk — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fasistisk — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fascistisk — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fasistisk — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Polish: faszystowski — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Portuguese: fascista — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Romanian: fascist — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Russian: фаши́стский (fašístskij) — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Russian: фаши́ствующий (fašístvujuščij) — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Spanish: fascista — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Swedish: fascistisk — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Tagalog: pasista — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Turkish: faşist — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Urdu: فاسی (fāsī) — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Yiddish: פֿאַשיסטיש (fashistish) — supporting the principles of fascism
  • Armenian: ֆաշիստ (fašist) — informal: unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法西斯 (fǎxīsī) — informal: unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict
  • Finnish: fasistinen — informal: unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict
  • Georgian: ფაშისტი (pašisṭi) — informal: unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict
  • German: faschistisch — informal: unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict
  • Hebrew: פשיסט — informal: unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict
  • Macedonian: фаши́стички (fašístički) — informal: unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict
  • Portuguese: fascista — informal: unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict
  • Russian: фаши́стский (fašístskij) — informal: unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict
  • Russian: фашистообра́зный (fašistoobráznyj) — informal: unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict
  • Spanish: fascista — informal: unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict
  • Albanian: fashist — proponent of fascism
  • Arabic: فَاشِسْتِيّ (fāšistiyy) — proponent of fascism
  • Arabic: فَاشِسْتِيَّة (fāšistiyya) — proponent of fascism
  • Arabic: فَاشِيّ (fāšiyy) — proponent of fascism
  • Arabic: فَاشِيَّة (fāšiyya) — proponent of fascism
  • Arabic: نَازِيّ (nāziyy) — proponent of fascism
  • Arabic: نَازِيَّة (nāziyya) — proponent of fascism
  • Armenian: ֆաշիստ (fašist) — proponent of fascism
  • Azerbaijani: faşist — proponent of fascism
  • Belarusian: фашы́ст (fašýst) — proponent of fascism
  • Belarusian: фашы́стка (fašýstka) — proponent of fascism
  • Bengali: ফ্যাসিবাদী (phêśibadi) — proponent of fascism
  • Bengali: ফ্যাসিস্ট (phêśisṭ) — proponent of fascism
  • Breton: faskour — proponent of fascism
  • Breton: faskourez — proponent of fascism
  • Bulgarian: фаши́ст (fašíst) — proponent of fascism
  • Bulgarian: фаши́стка (fašístka) — proponent of fascism
  • Burmese: ဖက်ဆစ် (hpakhcac) — proponent of fascism
  • Catalan: feixista — proponent of fascism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法西斯 (fǎxīsī) — proponent of fascism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 納粹 /纳粹 (nàcuì) — proponent of fascism
  • Czech: fašista — proponent of fascism
  • Czech: fašistka — proponent of fascism
  • Danish: fascist — proponent of fascism
  • Dutch: fascist — proponent of fascism
  • Dutch: fasciste — proponent of fascism
  • Esperanto: faŝisto — proponent of fascism
  • Estonian: fašist — proponent of fascism
  • Finnish: fasisti — proponent of fascism
  • French: fasciste — proponent of fascism
  • French: Nazi — proponent of fascism
  • Galician: fascista — proponent of fascism
  • Georgian: ფაშისტი (pašisṭi) — proponent of fascism
  • German: Faschist — proponent of fascism
  • German: Faschistin — proponent of fascism
  • German: Nazi — proponent of fascism
  • German: Fascho — proponent of fascism
  • Greek: φασίστας (fasístas) — proponent of fascism
  • Hebrew: פָשִׁיסְט (fashíst) — proponent of fascism
  • Hindi: फ़ासिस्ट (fāsisṭ) — proponent of fascism
  • Hindi: फ़ासीवादी (fāsīvādī) — proponent of fascism
  • Hungarian: fasiszta — proponent of fascism
  • Icelandic: fasisti — proponent of fascism
  • Indonesian: fasis — proponent of fascism
  • Irish: faisistí — proponent of fascism
  • Italian: fascista — proponent of fascism
  • Japanese: ファシスト (fashisuto) — proponent of fascism
  • Japanese: ナチス (nachisu) — proponent of fascism
  • Kazakh: фашист (faşist) — proponent of fascism
  • Kazakh: фашизмді жақтаушы (faşizmdı jaqtauşy) — proponent of fascism
  • Khmer: ហ្វាស៊ីស (faasiih) — proponent of fascism
  • Korean: 파시스트 (pasiseuteu) — proponent of fascism
  • Northern Kurdish: faşist — proponent of fascism
  • Kyrgyz: фашист (faşist) — proponent of fascism
  • Latvian: fašists — proponent of fascism
  • Latvian: fašiste — proponent of fascism
  • Lithuanian: fašistas — proponent of fascism
  • Lithuanian: fašistė — proponent of fascism
  • Macedonian: фаши́ст (fašíst) — proponent of fascism
  • Macedonian: фаши́стка (fašístka) — proponent of fascism
  • Malay: fasis — proponent of fascism
  • Mongolian: фашист (fašist) — proponent of fascism
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fascist — proponent of fascism
  • Occitan: fascista — proponent of fascism
  • Pannonian Rusyn: фашиста (fašista) — proponent of fascism
  • Pannonian Rusyn: фашист (fašist) — proponent of fascism
  • Pannonian Rusyn: фашистка (fašistka) — proponent of fascism
  • Pannonian Rusyn: фашисткиня (fašistkinja) — proponent of fascism
  • Pashto: فاشيست (fāšíst) — proponent of fascism
  • Persian: فاشیست (fâšist) — proponent of fascism
  • Polish: faszysta — proponent of fascism
  • Polish: faszystka — proponent of fascism
  • Portuguese: fascista — proponent of fascism
  • Romanian: fascist — proponent of fascism
  • Romanian: fascistă — proponent of fascism
  • Russian: фаши́ст (fašíst) — proponent of fascism
  • Russian: фаши́стка (fašístka) — proponent of fascism
  • Russian: наци́ст (nacíst) — proponent of fascism
  • Russian: наци́стка (nacístka) — proponent of fascism
  • Russian: фошыст (fošyst) — proponent of fascism
  • Serbo-Croatian: фашиста — proponent of fascism
  • Serbo-Croatian: фа̀шисткиња — proponent of fascism
  • Serbo-Croatian: fašista — proponent of fascism
  • Serbo-Croatian: fàšistkinja — proponent of fascism
  • Slovak: fašista — proponent of fascism
  • Slovak: fašistka — proponent of fascism
  • Slovene: fašist — proponent of fascism
  • Slovene: fašistka — proponent of fascism
  • Spanish: fascista — proponent of fascism
  • Swahili: fashisti — proponent of fascism
  • Swedish: fascist — proponent of fascism
  • Tagalog: pasista — proponent of fascism
  • Tajik: фашист (fašist) — proponent of fascism
  • Thai: ฟาสซิสต์ (fáat-sít) — proponent of fascism
  • Turkish: faşist — proponent of fascism
  • Turkmen: faşist — proponent of fascism
  • Ukrainian: фаши́ст (fašýst) — proponent of fascism
  • Ukrainian: фаши́стка (fašýstka) — proponent of fascism
  • Urdu: فاشسٹ (fāśisṭ) — proponent of fascism
  • Uyghur: فاشىست (fashist) — proponent of fascism
  • Uzbek: fashist — proponent of fascism
  • Vietnamese: phần tử phát xít — proponent of fascism
  • Yiddish: פֿאַשיסט (fashist) — proponent of fascism
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