fascism

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• enPR: făsh'ĭz(ə)m, IPA ^(key): /ˈfæʃɪz(ə)m/

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Noun

Singular fascism

Plural fascisms

1. (uncountable) (historical) A political system that needs absolute obedience and control of the market and the people by companies and government joined together under the cult leadership of the dictator and a devoted military hierarchy where people are above one another.

   Adolf Hitler and the Nazis set up a government based on fascism.

2. Used today to describe any kind of authoritarian system that violates the rights of ordinary, unarmed people.

Related words

• fascist

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