Synonyms of fascism

fascism

noun

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.

Related Words

• tyranny
• authoritarianism
• dictatorship
• totalitarianism
• oppression
• autocracy
• despotism
• absolutism
• totalism
• Big Brother
• Caesarism
• autarchy
• Big Brotherism
• Communism
• monarchy
• monarchism
• czarism
• monocracy
• domination
• Nazism

Dissimilar Words

• democracy
• freedom
• self-government
• self-rule
• self-governance
• sovereignty
• autonomy
• self-determination

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fascism

But whether in Frankfurt or, later, Weimar — where Soviet officials are as keen to canonize Thomas — this father and daughter aren’t simply driving through Germany but taking a tour across fascism’s long shadow, which still darkens the world. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Many immigrants who arrived in the United States from Europe, including some Italians who came during the two years between Mussolini’s March on Rome and the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924, left Italy because of the rise of fascism. — Ed Simon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2026

There have been great inequalities, great challenges, authoritarianism, fascism in the past, and people stand up against it. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

The Real News Network Dave Zirin Eager to join the fight against fascism, Zinn enlisted in 1943. — Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2026