fascism

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Recent Examples of fascism Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, during World War II was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and led the troops who delivered the continent from fascism. Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025 Ammirati won over Italian critics with La Storia, a historic miniseries that looks at the experience of fascism through a female lens. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025 No more communism, or fascism; no more theocracy, or monarchies. Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025 This is the thing about fascism, right? Helen Molesworth, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fascism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fascism
Noun
  • Andrew Garfield leads the feature that is now in production, portraying the leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Many of the newer immigrants are people who fled socialist tyranny in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela and were given work permits and temporary protection from deportation.
    Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • What about the neuroscience of authoritarianism?
    Big Think, Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Protesters expressed concerns about authoritarianism, the future of the country and Project 2025.
    Erin Glynn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Written and directed by Pérez Rial, the film reconstructs the exile of Sosa, who was arrested during a 1978 concert in La Plata and later forced to flee Argentina’s dictatorship.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Caesar's Legion is a straight-up totalitarian dictatorship of LARPers playing Romans.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In times of uncertainty, particularly under the growing threat of totalitarianism, utopian fantasies provide a way to reflect on the situation and, potentially, outline a path toward a positive outcome.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Except for a few shots of China’s President Xi presiding over a military parade, the film’s image of totalitarianism leans far more toward right-wing regimes; to leave out Mao, or Castro, feels like a mistake.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Fascism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fascism. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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