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fascist

  • adjective
  • /ˈfæʃɪst/

Of or relating to fascism.

Other meanings

  1. Supporting the principles of fascism.

  2. Unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.

    “I have a fascist boss.”

Related words

  • Austrofascist
  • biofascist
  • ecofascist
  • Eurofascist
  • fascistization
  • fascistize
  • fascistlike
  • fascisty
  • fashwave
  • Faucist
  • femifascist
  • heterofascist

Example sentences

  • “This country is headed toward a fascist theocracy.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Italian "fascista".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fascist” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.