adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to fascism.
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adj
Of or relating to fascism.
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adj
Supporting the principles of fascism.
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adj
Unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
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Usage: figuratively, informal
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adj
Of or pertaining to the Kingdom of Italy from 1922–1943.
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Usage: not-comparable
Topics: fascism, government, history, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
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Broader terms: Italian
noun
A proponent of fascism.
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noun
A member of the National Fascist Party in Italy from 1922 to 1943.
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Usage: attributive, historical, sometimes
Topics: fascism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
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Broader terms: fascist
noun
Synonym of Nazi.
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Usage: attributive, historical, sometimes
Topics: fascism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
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Synonyms: Nazi
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adjective
relating to or characteristic of fascism
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Synonyms: fascistic
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noun
an adherent of fascism or other right-wing authoritarian views
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Broader terms: rightist, right-winger
Narrower terms: Blackshirt, falangist, phalangist, fascista, Nazi, German Nazi
History
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.
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