anti-fascist

adjective

an·​ti-fas·​cist ˌan-tē-ˈfa-shist 

ˌan-tī-

also -sist

variants or less commonly anti-Fascist or antifascist

: opposed to fascism

anti-fascist protesters

… the film suggests a counterculture version of the anti-fascist thrillers of the forties.

—The New Yorker

anti-fascist noun

or less commonly anti-Fascist or antifascist

Those few weeks turned me into a devout anti-fascist.

—Martha Gellhorn

anti-fascism

ˌan-tē-ˈfa-ˌshi-zəm 

ˌan-tī-

also -ˈfa-ˌsi-

noun

or less commonly anti-Fascism or antifascism

They were united only by their anti-Fascism and their contempt for Badoglio and the King.

—Robert Katz

Examples of anti-fascist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the anti-fascist lament has a dark secret history. —Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026

This kind of anti-fascist rhetoric is nothing new for Green Day. —Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 2026

Inspired by the anti-fascist ideals of World War II, the coalition sought to make the nation more democratic and its economy more fair. —Aaron Coy Moulton, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026

The Department of Justice (DOJ) swiftly announced an investigation after anti-fascist demonstrators gathered at the University of California, Berkeley, against the last Turning Point stop of its college tour, which had begun with the event where the group’s founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated. —Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 15 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-fascist

• antifascist
• fascist