fascist

/ˈfæʃɪst/

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fascist adjective: of or relating to fascism.

Adjective (1)

fascist (comparative more fascist, superlative most fascist)

Of or relating to fascism.
Supporting the principles of fascism.
- The movie clearly and unmistakably gives us a character who understands the Bill of Rights, understands his legal responsibility as a police officer, and nevertheless takes retribution into his own hands. Sure, Scorpio is portrayed as the most vicious, perverted, warped monster we can imagine — but...1971, Roger Ebert, “Dirty Harry”, in Chicago Sun-Times
- Under demagogues such as Donald Trump in the U.S., Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Recep Erdoğan in Turkey, Narendra Modi in India and Viktor Orbán in Hungary, a moral abyss has emerged in which state violence, widespread repression and a surge of lawlessness against those considered disposable have...2020 March 2, Henry A. Giroux, “Auschwitz Survivors Don’t Want Their Past to Be Their Grandchildren’s Future”, in Truthout, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2021
(figuratively, informal) Unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
- I have a fascist boss.

Noun (1)

fascist (plural fascists)

A proponent of fascism.
- Mussolini was a fascist well known for his repression of criticism and totalitarian government.
- Fascist? I'm not fascist. You're the fascist!

Adjective (2) capitalized: Fascist

Fascist (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the Kingdom of Italy from 1922–1943.
- In May 1929 Hitler successfully prosecuted a libel action against right-wing and left-wing opponents who had accused him of ‘betraying’ the South Tyrol in return for Fascist gold.1978, Meir Michaelis, Mussolini and the Jews: German-Italian relations and the Jewish question in Italy, 1922–1945, Clarendon Press, page 46
- By the late 1930s Rome had new Fascist bridges, a new university, four new post offices and a number of new ministry buildings, which included, on Via Veneto, the Ministry of Corporations, that were to be Fascism’s answer to capitalist exploitation and Marxist class hatred.2019, Matthew Kneale, “seven”, in Rome: A History in Seven Sackings, New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, published 2017, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 305

Noun (2) capitalized: Fascist

Fascist (plural Fascists)

(attributive, historical, sometimes) A member of the National Fascist Party in Italy from 1922 to 1943.
(attributive, historical, sometimes) Synonym of Nazi.
- The Fascists invaded the USSR, they occupied many cities, they killed millions of people, they destroyed half the country.2010, German Sadulaev, I Am a Chechen!, Random House, →ISBN, section 10, page 199
Synonyms:

Nazi

fascist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

fascist in Hindi

proponent of fascism: फ़ासिस्ट fāsisṭ, फ़ासीवादी fāsīvādī

fascist in Tamil

மையப்படுத்தப்பட்ட அரசுக்கும், விமர்சனங்களை, அல்லது எதிர்த்தரப்பை ஒடுக்குவதும், தலைமை வழிபாட்டு முறை கொண்டதும், வலுவான ஏகாதிபத்தியத்துடனோ, சட்டத்தை வளைத்தும்

fascist in Urdu

of or relating to fascism: فاسی fāsī, فاشی fašī
supporting the principles of fascism: فاسی fāsī
proponent of fascism: فاشسٹ fāśisṭ

fascist in Bengali

proponent of fascism: ফ্যাসিবাদী phêśibadi, ফ্যাসিস্ট phêśisṭ

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fascist in Malayalam: ഫാസിസ്റ്റ്, വലതുപക്ഷപിൻതിരിപ്പൻ, സ്വേച്ഛാധിപത്യവാദി, സമഗ്രാധിപതി
fascist in Pashto: فاشيست fāšíst
fascist in Tagalog: pasista
fascist in Arabic: فَاشِسْتِيّ fāšistiyy, فَاشِيّ fāšiyy, نَازِيّ nāziyy, فَاشِسْتِيَّة fāšistiyya
fascist in Malay: fasis
fascist in Indonesian: fasis
fascist in Persian: فاشیست fašist
fascist in Thai: ฟาสซิสต์ fáat-sít
fascist in Vietnamese: phát xít, phần tử phát xít
fascist in Myanmar: ဖက်ဆစ် hpakhcac

Examples of fascist in a sentence

[I]f I can shoot rabbits / Then I can shoot fascists.1998, “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next”, in This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, performed by Manic Street Preachers:
Thursday's long-awaited relocation fulfils a key pledge of the socialist government, which said Spain should not continue to glorify a fascist who ruled the country for nearly four decades.2019 October 24, “Franco exhumation: Spanish dictator's remains moved”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2023:

All 39 example sentences with fascist

Synonyms of fascist

Forms of fascist

Adjective
comparative	more fascist
superlative	most fascist
Noun
plural	fascists
plural	Fascists

Origin of fascist

1921, from Italian fascista, from fascio (“bundle, bunch”), in use metonymically for "group of men organized for political purposes" since 1895. Ultimately with reference to the fasces or bundles of axes and rods carried before the magistrates of ancient Rome in token of their power of life and death.

Words that rhyme with fascist

femifascist

Questions about fascist

What does fascist mean?: Fascist means of or relating to fascism.
What is fascist in Hindi?: Fascist in Hindi is फ़ासिस्ट (fāsisṭ), फ़ासीवादी (fāsīvādī). See Fascist meaning in Hindi.
How do you use fascist in a sentence?: [I]f I can shoot rabbits / Then I can shoot fascists.
What part of speech is fascist?: Fascist can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce fascist?: Fascist is pronounced /ˈfæʃɪst/ (US).

Words near fascist in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: fascist (page history and authors); Fascist (page history and authors); fascist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fascist (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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