Fascism

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  fascism \fasc"ism\ (f[a^]sh"[i^]z'm) n.
     1. a political theory advocating an authoritarian
        hierarchical government; -- opposed to {democracy} and
        {liberalism}.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. an authoritarian system of government under absolute
        control of a single dictator, allowing no political
        opposition, forcibly suppressing dissent, and rigidly
        controlling most industrial and economic activities. Such
        regimes usually try to achieve popularity by a strongly
        nationalistic appeal, often mixed with racism.
        [PJC]
  
     3. Specifically, the Fascist movement led by Benito Mussolini
        in Italy from 1922 to 1943.
        [PJC]
  
     4. broadly, a tendency toward or support of a strongly
        authoritarian or dictatorial control of government or
        other organizations; -- often used pejoratively in this
        sense.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fascism
       n : a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical
           government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "fascism":
     Jim Crow, Jim Crow law, Nazism, anti-Semitism, apartheid,
     argumentum baculinum, big stick, black power, black supremacy,
     centralism, chauvinism, class consciousness, class distinction,
     class hatred, class prejudice, class war, collectivism, color bar,
     color line, communism, constitutionalism, democratism, despotism,
     discrimination, domination, domineering, federalism, feudalism,
     feudality, governmentalism, heavy hand, high hand, imperialism,
     iron boot, iron hand, iron heel, know-nothingism, male chauvinist,
     minority prejudice, monarchism, national socialism, neofascism,
     oppression, parliamentarianism, parliamentarism, pluralism,
     political principles, race hatred, race prejudice, race snobbery,
     racial discrimination, racialism, racism, red-baiting,
     reign of terror, republicanism, royalism, segregation,
     sex discrimination, sexism, social barrier, social discrimination,
     socialism, statism, superpatriotism, terrorism, thought control,
     tyranny, ultranationalism, white power, white supremacy,
     xenophobia