fascist
Of or relating to fascism.
Adjective
- Of or relating to fascism.
- Supporting the principles of fascism.
- Under demagogues such as Donald Trump in the U.S., Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Recep Erdoğan in Turkey, Narendra Modi in India and Viktor Orbán in Hungary, a moral abyss has emerged in which state violence, widespread...
- Unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
- I have a fascist boss.
Origin
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 fascistader. 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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- A proponent of fascism.
- Mussolini was a fascist well known for his repression of criticism and totalitarian government.
- Fascist? I'm not fascist. You're the fascist!
- [I]f I can shoot rabbits / Then I can shoot fascists. - 1998, “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next”, in This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, performed by Manic Street Preachers:
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anarcho-fascist anti-fascist Austrofascist biofascist crypto-fascist eco-fascist ecofascist Eurofascist fascist Germany fascistic fascistization fascistize fascistlike fascistoid fascisty fash fashwave Faucist femifascist heterofascist homofascist Islamofascist Judeofascist monarcho-fascist