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fascism

noun
 
/ˈfæʃɪzəm/
 
/ˈfæʃɪzəm/
 [uncountable]
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  1. (also Fascism)
     an extreme right-wing political system or attitude that is in favour of strong central government, aggressively promoting your own country or race above others, and that does not allow any opposition
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  2. (in compounds) (disapproving) extreme views or practices that try to make other people think and behave in the same way
    • They claimed the smoking ban amounted to health fascism.
    see also body fascism
    3. Word Originfrom Italian fascismo, from fascio ‘bundle, political group’, from Latin fascis ‘bundle’.
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