SINCE 1828
anti-fascist
adjective
an·ti-fas·cist
| \ ˌan-tē-ˈfa-shist
, ˌan-tī- also -sist\
, ˌan-tī- also -sist\
variants:
or less commonly anti-Fascist
or antifascist
Definition of anti-fascist
: opposed to fascism
anti-fascist protesters … the film suggests a counterculture version of the anti-fascist thrillers of the forties. — The New Yorker
Other Words from anti-fascist
anti-fascist
or less commonly anti-Fascist
or antifascist
noun
Those few weeks turned me into a devout anti-fascist.
— Martha Gellhorn
anti-fascism
\ ˌan-tē-ˈfa-ˌshi-zəm
, ˌan-tī- also -ˈfa-ˌsi- \
or less commonly anti-Fascism
or antifascism
noun
, ˌan-tī- also -ˈfa-ˌsi- \
or less commonly anti-Fascism
or antifascism
noun
They were united only by their anti-Fascism and their contempt for Badoglio and the King.
— Robert Katz
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