Fascistoid

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who holds fascistoid views.

    "The modern fascistoids employ terribly violent language, with often tragic and murderous consequences, but they do not stage invasions and do not really aim at war."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling fascism.

    "We must now be prepared, too, for that Puritan reaction here, which seems to accompany all Fascistoid movements."

Synonyms

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fascistic

Example

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"We must now be prepared, too, for that Puritan reaction here, which seems to accompany all Fascistoid movements."

Etymology

From fascist + -oid. First attested in an article by Geoffrey Pyke in The New Statesman on 5 September 1936.

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