fascism

CEFRB2

/ˈfæʃɪz(ə)m/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A political system led by a dictator and marked by strict control.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law, race-baiting, and/or violence against largely unarmed populations.

Examples

  • The Americans don't accept Fascism any more than they do Communism.

  • The Ribbon of Saint George is a symbol of fascism.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /faˈsis(ə)m/
  • /faˈsiz(ə)m/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition.

  2. The ideology and practice of the 20th-century Italian movement from which this name came.

  3. Any extreme reliance on or enforcement of rules and regulations.

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In context

  • You can't equate nationalism with fascism.

  • His criticism of what he calls “Kurdish fascism” prompted this interview, which is part of my current doctoral research[...]

  • Fascism, with all its forcefulness in the prosecution of its violent deeds, is indeed nothing else but the expression of the disintegration and decay of capitalist economy, and the symptom of the dissolution of the bourgeois State.

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Origin

noun

From Italian fascismo, from fascio (“fasces, bundle, group”) + -ismo (“-ism”) with direct reference to Benito Mussolini's fasci di combattimento ("fight clubs"), from Latin fasces, bundles of axes and rods carried before the magistrates of the ancient Roman Republic as representative of their power of life and death. Originally with exclusive reference to Fascist Italy which used the fasces as an emblem, later broadened to describe all of the Axis Powers of World War II, and subsequently used as a general term of opprobrium in English and international political discourse. Etymology tree Latin fascis Italian fascio Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-i...