How do you use the word "fascism" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "fascism" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "fascism": You can't equate nationalism with fascism. The Americans don't accept Fascism any more than they do Communism.

Fascism Meaning

/ˈfæʃɪz(ə)m/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAny right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition., The ideology and practice of the 20th-century Italian movement from which this name came.

Sentence Examples

You can't equate nationalism with fascism.

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

The Ribbon of Saint George is a symbol of fascism.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The country fell under the control of a brutal ____ regime.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The rise of ____ in the 20th century led to devastating wars and incredible human suffering.

Word Origin & History

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 *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismus Italian -ismo Italian fascismolbor. English fascism

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Fascism, at any rate the German version, is a form of capitalism that borrows from Socialism just such features as will make it efficient for war purposes... Ownership has never been abolished, there are still capitalists and workers, and—this is the important point, and the real reason why rich men all over the world tend to sympathize with Fascism—generally speaking the same people are capitalists and the same people workers as before the Nazi revolution. But at the same time the State, which is simply the Nazi Party, is in control of everything... The mere efficiency of such a system, the elimination of waste and obstruction, is obvious. In seven years it has built up the most powerful war machine the world has ever seen." — 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. II:

"Despite the three decades that have passed since the end of the second world war, fascism remains a subject of much heated argument. […] It also continues to be a subject of controversy, partly because it collides with so many preconceived ideological notions, partly because generalizations are made difficult by the fact that there was not one fascism but several fascisms." — 1978, Walter Laqueur, Fascism: A Reader's Guide: Analyses, Interpretations, Bibliography:

"Fascism became an all-purpose term because one can eliminate from a fascist regime one or more features, and it will still be recognizable as fascist. Take away imperialism from fascism and you still have Franco and Salazar. Take away colonialism and you still have the Balkan fascism of the Ustashes." — 1995 June 22, Umberto Eco, “Ur-Fascism”, in The New York Review of Books, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2017:

"His criticism of what he calls “Kurdish fascism” prompted this interview, which is part of my current doctoral research[...]" — 2024 January 9, “The Out-of-Flock Dissident: An Interview with Kurdish – Syrian Writer Jan Dost”, in Cambridge University Press, retrieved 18 May 2026:

"Today "Fascism" like Russian "Bolshevism" does not know what freedom means and cares less about the principles of liberty and the rights of man. It knows only one law and that is the will of Mussolini and his band of "Black Shirts."" — 1922 December 26, The American Photo-engraver, volume 15, page 324:

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