fascism

Noun

Meaning

a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

nazism anti-semitism federalism national socialism discrimination sovereignty monarchy nationalism severity terrorism domination segregation dictatorship repression oppression

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Antonyms

self-determination commonweal freedom integration democracy autonomy

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Hypernyms

ideology political theory political orientation

Hyponyms

nazism national socialism Naziism

Related terms

fascist fascistic fascistically fascistical

Phrases with the word

femi-fascism ur-fascism homo-fascism Islamo-fascism racist fascism economic fascism

Examples

Fascism is capitalism plus murder. Upton Sinclair

Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place. Ignazio Silone

No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges. Buenaventura Durruti

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism. P. D. James

Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them. Jean-Paul Sartre

The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us. Michel Foucault

Close letter words and terms

fascioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy fasciosis fasciotomy fascism lite fascist fascist despot