fascist
pronunciation
How to pronounce fascist in British English:
UK [ˈfæʃɪst]
How to pronounce fascist in American English:
US [ˈfæʃɪst]
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- Noun:
- an adherent of fascism or other right-wing authoritarian views
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- Adjective:
- relating to or characteristic of fascism
Word Origin
- fascist
- fascist: [20] The early 20th-century Italian fascisti, under Benito Mussolini, took their name from Italian fascio, literally ‘bundle’ but figuratively ‘group, association’. Its source was Latin fascis ‘bundle’, from whose diminutive form fasciculus English gets fascicle [15]. Closely related was Latin fascia ‘band, bandage, strip’, borrowed by English in the 16th century.=> fascia, fascicle
- fascist (adj.)
- 1921, from Italian partito nazionale fascista, the anti-communist political movement organized 1919 under Benito Mussolini (1883-1945); from Italian fascio "group, association," literally "bundle" (see fasces). Fasci "groups of men organized for political purposes" had been a feature of Sicily since c. 1895, and the 20c. totalitarian sense probably came directly from this but was influenced by the historical Roman fasces, which became the party symbol. As a noun from 1922 in English, earlier in Italian plural fascisti (1921), and until 1923 in English it often appeared in its Italian form, as an Italian word. [Fowler: "Whether this full anglicization of the words is worth while cannot be decided till we know whether the things are to be temporary or permanent in England" -- probably an addition to the 1930 reprint, retained in 1944 U.S. edition.] Related: Fascistic.
Example
- 1. It urged the authorities to stop the fascist oppressive rule .
- 2. It 's true of fascist states , for that matter .
- 3. This is why the fascist state has been called the vampire economy .
- 4. All the biggest and most important players within the fascist movement came from the socialists .
- 5. As a fascist , general franco 's sympathies naturally leaned more towards the axis powers .