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
Even so, the music continued to spread worldwide and in years since many who make black metal have now staked out the music as a resistance music that stands in opposition to fascism and nihilism.
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Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025
The visiting artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, scientists and thinkers who once flocked to our shores in times of peace — and when their own countries were lost to fascism — will choose to share their gifts and knowledge with others, eschewing our boundaries all together.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Now, with climate change accelerating and fascism on the rise, the mood has turned post-apocalyptic once again.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
Leading scholars, including historians of fascism, keep making alarming comparisons between WW2 and the present.
—Chris Doyle, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2025
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Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025
The visiting artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, scientists and thinkers who once flocked to our shores in times of peace — and when their own countries were lost to fascism — will choose to share their gifts and knowledge with others, eschewing our boundaries all together.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Now, with climate change accelerating and fascism on the rise, the mood has turned post-apocalyptic once again.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2025
Leading scholars, including historians of fascism, keep making alarming comparisons between WW2 and the present.
—Chris Doyle, Hartford Courant, 2 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 2 May. 2025.
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