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fascism

noun
/ˈfæʃɪz(ə)m/US/faˈsiz(ə)m/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from fasces
  2. borrowed from fascismo

Definitions

  1. Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized,…

    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. Any system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking…

    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.

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

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Alternative letter-case form of fascism.

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Derived

anarcho-fascism, anti-fascism, antifascism, Austrofascism, Austro-fascism, biofascism, bio-fascism, body fascism, Christofascism, clerofascism, crypto-fascism, cryptofascism, eco-fascism, ecofascism, Euro-fascism, Eurofascism, fascism lite, Faucism, femifascism, femi-fascism, heterofascism, hetero-fascism, homofascism, homo-fascism, Islamic fascism, Islamo-fascism, Islamofascism, Judeofascism, Judeo-fascism, monarcho-fascism, monarchofascism, neofascism, neo-fascism, palaeo-fascism, palaeofascism, paleo-fascism, paleofascism, para-fascism, post-fascism, postfascism · +14 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fascism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA