fascism

== English == === Alternative forms === Fascism === Etymology === From Italian fascismo, from fascio (“fasces, bundle, group”) + -ismo (“-ism”) with direct reference to Benito Mussolini's fasci di combattimento ("fight clubs"), from Latin fasces, bundles of axes and rods carried before the magistrates of the ancient Roman Republic as representative of their power of life and death. Originally with exclusive reference to Fascist Italy which used the fasces as an emblem, later broadened to describe all of the Axis Powers of World War II, and subsequently used as a general term of opprobrium in English and international political discourse. === Pronunciation === (US) enPR: făsh'ĭz(ə)m, IPA(key): /ˈfæʃɪz(ə)m/ (Philippines) IPA(key): /faˈsiz(ə)m/, /faˈsis(ə)m/ Hyphenation: fasc‧i‧sm === Noun === fascism (usually uncountable, plural fascisms) Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition. [1922] Hypernym: fascism (loosely extended sense) Hyponyms: fascism (precisest sense), Francoism, Nazism (viewed as an extreme variant) (strictest sense) The ideology and practice of the 20th-century Italian movement from which this name came. Hypernyms: fascism (slightly extended sense) < fascism (loosely extended sense) Coordinate terms: Francoism, Nazism (loosely, by extension, derogatory) Any system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law, race-baiting, and/or violence against largely unarmed populations. Hyponyms: fascism (preciser sense), fascism (precisest sense), Francoism, Falangism, Pinochetism, Kahanism, Nazism, alt-right (figurative, derogatory) Any extreme reliance on or enforcement of rules and regulations. Synonym: sticklerism ==== Antonyms ==== antifascism anti-fascism ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fascist fascistic fascistical fascistically ==== Translations ==== === See also === authoritarianism blackshirt Brownshirt collectivism communism, Communism capitalism globalism internationalism international socialism nationalism national socialism, National Socialism, Naziism, Nazism socialism statism feudalism totalitarianism === References === “fascism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian fascismo or French fascisme. === Noun === fascism n (uncountable) fascism ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Swedish == === Noun === fascism c fascism ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== antifascism neofascism nyfascism åldersfascism ==== Related terms ==== fascist (“fascist”) fascistisk (“fascist, fascistic”) === References === fascism in Svensk ordbok (SO) fascism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) fascism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)