as in tyranny
rule, control, or leadership by one person with absolute power
A soaring crime rate and civil unrest were harbingers to the rise of fascism in the country.
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Recent Examples of fascism
The Boomers are out there marching against a fascism that doesn't exist, rather than wars that do.
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Baker reaches from Virginia’s slaveholding history to the poet Ezra Pound’s deluded post–World War II fascism to the misogynistic trolls of Gamergate in her quest to understand Unite the Right.
—Book Marks
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Seen as a metaphor for fascism, authoritarian threats and other abuses of power, the script has experienced a resurgence recently.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025
The novel it’s based on is supposed to be pro-fascist, but the movie is a critique of fascism and ultra-nationalism and patriotism and war, imperialism, all that.
—Nic Juarez, Vulture, 12 June 2025
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Baker reaches from Virginia’s slaveholding history to the poet Ezra Pound’s deluded post–World War II fascism to the misogynistic trolls of Gamergate in her quest to understand Unite the Right.
—Book Marks
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Seen as a metaphor for fascism, authoritarian threats and other abuses of power, the script has experienced a resurgence recently.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2025
The novel it’s based on is supposed to be pro-fascist, but the movie is a critique of fascism and ultra-nationalism and patriotism and war, imperialism, all that.
—Nic Juarez, Vulture, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fascism
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Determined to liberate Panem, Katniss and her fellow rebels embark on a dangerous journey into the heart of the Capitol to save the nation from President Snow’s tyranny once and for all.—
Kelly Martinez Published,
EW.com,
5 July 2025
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Religious freedom and freedom of speech make up the engine of self-government and form a bulwark against tyranny.—
Kristen Waggoner,
National Review,
5 July 2025
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But just as important to the Poles living under Soviet dictatorship were art books, fashion magazines, religious texts, lighthearted novels and regular newspapers.—
Valorie Castellanos Clark,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Nearly 50 years into an unwanted dictatorship, Iranians have developed a refined capacity for identifying bad faith.—
Shervin Malekzadeh,
Mercury News,
26 June 2025
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Mao had also fully grasped the natural suitability of photographic and filmic media for the broadcasting and cognitive technologies of totalitarianism.—
Nan Z. Da
June 10,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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Hannah Arendt and the Fight for the Truth (Public Books) by John Plotz Hannah Arendt famously wrote about totalitarianism.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
27 May 2025
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“Fascism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fascism. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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