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fascist

[ fash-ist ]

noun

  1. a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
  2. (often initial capital letter) a member of a fascist movement or party.
  3. a person who is dictatorial or has extreme right-wing views.


adjective

  1. Also fa·scis·tic [] of or like fascism or fascists.

fascist

1

/ ˈfæʃɪst /

noun

  1. an adherent or practitioner of fascism
  2. any person regarded as having right-wing authoritarian views


adjective

  1. characteristic of or relating to fascism

Fascist

2

/ ˈfæʃɪst /

noun

  1. a supporter or member of the Italian Fascist movement

adjective

  1. of or relating to Italian Fascism

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Derived Forms

  • faˈscistically, adverb

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Other Words From

  • fa·scisti·cal·ly adverb
  • anti·fascist noun adjective
  • non·fascist noun adjective
  • pre·fascist adjective noun
  • pro·fascist adjective noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fascist1

First recorded in 1915–20; from Italian fascista, equivalent to fasc(io) ( fascism ) + -ista -ist

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Example Sentences

“Scratch a liberal, find a fascist every time,” Woods tweeted in April.

At the time, Valli was in Europe, married to a fascist type who was minor-order royalty.

In fact the Berlin Wall was called the Anti-Fascist Rampart, as I recall.

Earlier this week Putin referred to the UIA as a "pro-fascist organization" and condemned Ukraine for glorifying it.

We had gone from late-Weimar period to the 1933-torchlight-parade stage of fascist takeover.

It had happened in Burgos, in April of 1938, during a review of the 12th Division of the fascist army.

A man who marched with the men who put that fascist bullet through the throat of Uncle Carlos.

We all know what this hypocritical neutrality really is; how it shields the vile aid that fascist Spain is lending to the Axis.

Franco is a fascist, and today fascism must triumph all over the world or be crushed forever.

The man with the papers lifts a heavy fist and he lets fly with a blow that knocks out the fascist's front teeth.

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