fascist
fascist Lexical Profile
fascist Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Relating to, characteristic of, or supporting fascism, a far-right authoritarian and ultranationalist political ideology.
"The museum's new exhibit examines how art and architecture were used to promote fascist ideology during the 1930s."
• noun
An advocate, follower, or member of a fascist political movement or regime.
"Historians analyzed how the fascists consolidated control over the press and judiciary during the interwar period."
A person who is extremely domineering, intolerant, or dictatorial in their views or behavior (used pejoratively).
"The disgruntled employees complained that the new supervisor was a complete fascist about break times."
Word Nuance & Usage
While strictly referring to the 20th-century totalitarian ideology of Benito Mussolini and its counterparts, the word is frequently used in informal or polemical contexts as a pejorative hyperbole for any strict, bossy, or intolerant authority figure.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 20th century from Italian 'fascista', derived from 'fascio' ('bundle' or 'political group'), which ultimately traces back to the Latin 'fasces'—a bundle of rods with a projecting axe carried before ancient Roman magistrates as a symbol of state authority.