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postfascist

postfascist adjective: after fascism; of or pertaining to postfascism.

Adjective

postfascist (not comparable)

  1. After fascism; of or pertaining to postfascism.
    • But in Italy, the adventures of Bilbo Baggins and the maps of Mordor have informed generations of post-Fascist youths, including Ms. Meloni, who, the latest polls strongly suggest, will emerge from the election on Sunday as Italy’s first female prime minister — and the first descended from...2022 September 21, Jason Horowitz, “Hobbits and the Hard Right: How Fantasy Inspires Italy’s Potential New Leader”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Antonyms:
    prefascist

Noun

postfascist (plural postfascists)

  1. A follower of postfascism.
    • Yet Bossi's initial promise that he would ‘never’ join a government that included postfascists proved short-lived.2020, David Broder, First They Took Rome: How the Populist Right Conquered Italy, Verso Books, →ISBN

Antonyms of postfascist

Forms of postfascist

Adjective
alternative formpost-fascist
alternative formpost-Fascist
Noun
pluralpostfascists

Origin of postfascist

From post- + fascist.

Questions about postfascist

What does postfascist mean?
Postfascist means after fascism; of or pertaining to postfascism.
What part of speech is postfascist?
Postfascist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near postfascist in the dictionary

  1. postfailure
  2. postfame
  3. postfamilial
  4. postfamine
  5. postfascism
  6. postfascist
  7. postfascists
  8. postfatigue
  9. postfatigued
  10. postfatory
  11. postfault

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