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Hungarism

Hungarism noun: the fascist ideology of the Nazi-aligned Arrow Cross Party, which ruled Hungary from 1944 to 1945, and of its predecessors and subsequent far-right supporters.

Noun

Hungarism (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The fascist ideology of the Nazi-aligned Arrow Cross Party, which ruled Hungary from 1944 to 1945, and of its predecessors and subsequent far-right supporters.
    • A revised Party programme allowed, in foreign policy, for “adjustment to the New Order devised by the Axis Powers,” but only in so far as this was compatible with Hungarism.1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 434
    Synonyms:
    Hungarianism

Synonyms of Hungarism

Origin of Hungarism

Borrowed from Hungarian hungarizmus, from Hungária + -izmus. By surface analysis, Hungary + -ism.

Questions about Hungarism

What does Hungarism mean?
Hungarism means the fascist ideology of the Nazi-aligned Arrow Cross Party, which ruled Hungary from 1944 to 1945, and of its predecessors and subsequent far-right supporters.
What part of speech is Hungarism?
Hungarism is a noun.

Words near Hungarism in the dictionary

  1. Hungarianizes
  2. Hungarianizing
  3. Hungarianness
  4. Hungarians
  5. Hungarish
  6. Hungarism
  7. Hungarist
  8. Hungaristics
  9. Hungarists
  10. Hungarization
  11. Hungarize

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