- the political movement, doctrine, system, or regime of Benito Mussolini in Italy, which encouraged militarism and nationalism, organizing the country along hierarchical authoritarian lines
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Fascism /ˈfæʃɪzəm/ n
fas•cism /ˈfæʃɪzəm/USA pronunciation
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Governmentn. [uncountable* sometimes: Fascism] a governmental or political system that is led by a dictator and emphasizes nationalism, militarism, and often racism.
fas•cism
(fash′iz əm),USA pronunciation n.
- Government(sometimes cap.) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
- Government(sometimes cap.) the philosophy, principles, or methods of fascism.
- Government(cap.) a fascist movement, esp. the one established by Mussolini in Italy 1922–43.
- Italian fascismo, equivalent. to fasc(io) bundle, political group (see fasces) + -ismo -ism
- 1915–20
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fascism /ˈfæʃɪzəm/ n (sometimes capital)
- any ideology or movement inspired by Italian Fascism, such as German National Socialism; any right-wing nationalist ideology or movement with an authoritarian and hierarchical structure that is fundamentally opposed to democracy and liberalism
- any ideology, movement, programme, tendency, etc that may be characterized as excessively prescriptive or authoritarian
- prejudice in relation to the subject specified: body fascism
'Fascism' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Croce
- fasces
- fascist
- popular front
- America First Committee
- fascistize
- ideology
- neofascism