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fascist

fascist

74 7.7
A person who wants a strict, controlling government and who may use force against people who disagree
  • noun
  • /ˈfæʃɪst/
translation icon : fascista
  • And he died because Mussolini, the fascist, killed him in prison.
  • call someone a fascist
  • become a fascist
  • fascists and communists

Oh my gosh, sounds like a fascist now.

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Examples

  • Only last week, you were accused of being a fascist.

  • By the spring of 1923, as the Fascists consolidated power in Rome, the game of chiefs was over.

    Academic text (2017)
  • But they were everyone agrees they were a fascist far right party.

  • For that, he would need the full support of his allies, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan.

  • If Nazis or other fascists took over North America, what would we all do?

  • Trump and Musk are fascists, yes, by any definition.

  • I became a partisan and I fought against the fascists.

  • That was Franco era, a very, very right wing fascist Catholic dictatorship.

  • Arnaldo, who had been forced into exile by the Italian Fascists, found an intellectual home in England.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Only last week, you were accused of being a fascist for your extreme political views.

Synonyms

authoritarian
vsfascist
5 8.2

A person who expects people to follow orders and allows little freedom

focuses on support for a particular oppressive political ideology rather than general obedience
totalitarian
vsfascist
  • Formal
4 8.5

A person who supports a government that controls all parts of life

refers to support for a named oppressive political ideology rather than general state control
fash
vsfascist
  • Offensive
9.9

A person with extreme right-wing views insulted online

is the neutral or formal term for supporters rather than the slang insult
social fascist
vsfascist
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who supports very strict social rules and refuses to accept people who are different

covers support for oppressive political ideologies generally, not only social policy enforcement

Antonyms

651 3.9

A person who supports social change and people's rights

67 2.8

A person who supports government by the people and voting

Idioms

A saying that some people who call themselves liberal may show authoritarian views when challenged

Compounds

Information or material that supports fascist ideas and helps a fascist government control people

A Spanish armed group that tried to overthrow the government to make a communist state

red fascist
  • Offensive
9.5

A person who supports very strict left-wing rule and uses force to control people

shockingly fascist
  • Offensive
9.2

Very cruel and controlling in ways that take away people's freedom

social fascist
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who supports very strict social rules and refuses to accept people who are different

How Authoritarian

totalitarian
  • Formal
4 8.5
fascist
74 7.7

Surface Forms

fascist singular
fascists plural

Morphology

fascist = fascism (transparent) = fascism + ist

The noun is the agent/person reading of 'fascism' formed with the productive agent suffix '-ist'.

Etymology

The word fascist as a noun also comes from Italian fascio 'bundle' and Latin fascis 'bundle'. Because the bundle symbol stood for strong, united state power, a fascist is a person who supports strict, authoritarian or dictatorial rule.