as in Communism
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
No one wants to have their family vacation turned into some Kafkaesque nightmare at the hands of ICE agents emboldened by the country's general climate of incipient fascism.
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Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
With the show telling a cautionary tale about the perils of ignorance in the face of fascism, Peck cannot help but draw a direct parallel to our current political situation.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2025
The British feared that the rise of global fascism might lead to the outbreak of war.
—Time, 12 Apr. 2025
Cope zooms in on the lives of Malavasi and three other Italian women who contributed significantly to Italy’s resistance against fascism.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
With the show telling a cautionary tale about the perils of ignorance in the face of fascism, Peck cannot help but draw a direct parallel to our current political situation.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2025
The British feared that the rise of global fascism might lead to the outbreak of war.
—Time, 12 Apr. 2025
Cope zooms in on the lives of Malavasi and three other Italian women who contributed significantly to Italy’s resistance against fascism.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fascism
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Every other protection against tyranny and political oppression — that is, every aspect of a stable democratic system — suffers a possibly mortal blow if the basic tenets of an independent judiciary and the adversarial advocacy of lawyers are abandoned or lost.—
Michael Mcauliffe,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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Separated by 250 years, these two actions both supposedly raise the question: Just how much tyranny ...—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Fascism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fascism. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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