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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary fas·cism ETYMOLOGY Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, fasces, group, from Latin fascis bundle & fasces fasces DATE 1921 1. often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition 2. a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control early instances of army fascism and brutality — J. W. Aldridge English Etymology fascism 1922, originally used in English 1920 in its Italian form (see fascist). Applied to similar groups in Germany from 1923; applied to everyone since the rise of the Internet."A form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion." [Robert O. Paxton, "The Anatomy of Fascism," 2004] Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 fascism fas·cism (also Fas·cism) / 5fAFizEm / noun[U] an extreme right-wing political system or attitude which is in favour of strong central government and which does not allow any opposition 法西斯主义 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged fas·cism \ˈfa]ˌshizəm, ˈfaa], ˈfai] also ]ˌsi- sometimes ˈfä] or ˈfȧ]\ noun (-s) Etymology: Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, political group + -ismo -ism 1. often capitalized : the principles of the Fascisti; also : the movement or governmental regime embodying their principles 2. a. : any program for setting up a centralized autocratic national regime with severely nationalistic policies, exercising regimentation of industry, commerce, and finance, rigid censorship, and forcible suppression of opposition b. : any tendency toward or actual exercise of severe autocratic or dictatorial control (as over others within an organization) < the nascent fascism of a detective who is not content merely to do his duty — George Nobbe > < early instances of army fascism and brutality — J.W.Aldridge > < a kind of personal fascism, a dictatorship of the ego over the more generous elements of the soul — Edmond Taylor > |
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