fascism

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Recent Examples of fascism The fire was set by Marius van der Lubbe, a Dutch council Communist from Leiden, Netherlands, as a protest against the rise of fascism. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 Sep. 2025 Marinetti’s vision later drove him to support and even influence the early fascism of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Sonja Fritzsche, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025 The rise of fascism encroaches on her like a disease, culminating in a personal invitation from Mussolini himself, but we’re dealt countless scenes of Eleonora’s psychosis before we’re granted a contextual explanation of what feeds it. Blake Simons, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025 In May, three Yale University fascism scholars made headlines after announcing plans to move to the University of Toronto. Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fascism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fascism
Noun
  • The tyranny of any minority cannot and must not be allowed to stifle discussion and rule over our land.
    Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Though officially prohibited, Western movies, music and television circulated widely as contraband and highlighted themes like resistance to tyranny and the moral superiority of the West.
    Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And when liberalism seems weak and people are impatient for change, authoritarianism or anarchism can seem suitable alternatives to many.
    Big Think, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Key components of authoritarianism include rejecting democratic rules; denying the legitimacy of opponents; tolerating or encouraging political violence; and curtailing the civil liberties of opponents.
    Karrin Vasby Anderson, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In 1979, when Chile was under the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, 19-year-old Soto gave birth to the twin girls in the coastal town of Hualpén in Biobío province.
    Rafael Romo, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The police and the prosecutor’s office, faithful tools of the dictatorship, captured 13 businessmen in just a few hours, including two who had come to negotiate at Casa Presidencial.
    Óscar Martínez & Carlos Martínez, The Dial, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Eclectic traditionalism, remade on an elephantine scale, is the style of totalitarianism.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Brzezinski would dedicate his academic and professional life to studying and undermining the forces of totalitarianism and authoritarianism that had overtaken his homeland during his childhood.
    Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025

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“Fascism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fascism. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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