English Explanatory Dictionary

fascist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to fascism.
Supporting the principles of fascism.
Unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.

noun

A proponent of fascism.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Kingdom of Italy from 1922–1943.

noun

A member of the National Fascist Party in Italy from 1922 to 1943.
Synonym of Nazi.

Pronunciation

/ˈfæʃɪst/ fascist US.ogg /ˈfa.sɪst/

Word forms

fascist more fascist most fascist fascists

Etymology

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-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istabor. Italian -ista Italian fascistader. English fascist 1921, from Italian fascista, from fascio (“bundle, bunch”), in use metonymically for "group of men organized for political purposes" since 1895. Ultimately with reference to the fasces or bundles of axes and rods carried before the magistrates of ancient Rome in token of their power of life and death.

Synonyms

fascistic Nazi

Related words

fascism Nazi

Derived words

anarcho-fascist anti-fascist Austrofascist biofascist crypto-fascist eco-fascist ecofascist Eurofascist fascist Germany fascistic fascistization fascistize fascistlike fascistoid fascisty fash fashwave Faucist femifascist heterofascist homofascist Islamofascist Judeofascist monarcho-fascist monarchofascist neo-fascist neofascist nonfascist para-fascist postfascist prefascist profascist proto-fascist protofascist quasi-fascist red fascist religio-fascist religiofascist religofascist scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds scratch a liberal and you'll find a fascist semifascist social fascist superfascist technofascist Ukrofascist clerofascist

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