Fascism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
  • n. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
  • n. Oppressive, dictatorial control.
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  • n. A political regime, having totalitarian aspirations, ideologically based on a relationship between business and the centralized government, business-and-government control of the market place, repression of criticism or opposition, a leader cult and exalting the state and/or religion above individual rights. Originally only applied (usually capitalized) to Benito Mussolini's Italy.
  • n. By vague analogy, any system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law, race-baiting and violence against largely unarmed populations.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government; -- opposed to democracy and liberalism.
  • n. an authoritarian system of government under absolute control of a single dictator, allowing no political opposition, forcibly suppressing dissent, and rigidly controlling most industrial and economic activities. Such regimes usually try to achieve popularity by a strongly nationalistic appeal, often mixed with racism.
  • n. Specifically, the Fascist movement led by Benito Mussolini in Italy from 1922 to 1943.
  • n. broadly, a tendency toward or support of a strongly authoritarian or dictatorial control of government or other organizations; -- often used pejoratively in this sense.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)
    • Antonym
    democracy    liberalism    Anti-fascism   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    political theory    political orientation    ideology   
    Cross Reference
    authoritarianism    Blackshirt    Brownshirt    Nazism    Naziism   
    Hyponym
    Nazism    National Socialism    naziism   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    communism    nationalism    anti-semitism    capitalism    imperialism   
     
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