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fascist — FASCÍST, Ă, fascişti, ste, adj., s.m. şi f. 1. adj. Care aparţine fascismului, privitor la fascism. 2. s.m. şi f. Partizan, adept al fascismului. – Din it. fascista, fr. fasciste. Trimis de cornel, 08.05.2004. Sursa … Dicționar Român
fascist — fascistic fascisticadj. 1. of or pertaining to fascism; resembling fascism; as, fascist propaganda. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fascist — n. an adherent of fascism or similar right wing authoritarian views. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fascist — index dictatorial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fascist — 1921, from It. partito nazionale fascista, the anti communist political movement organized 1919 under Benito Mussolini (1883 1945); from It. fascio group, association, lit. bundle (see FASCES (Cf. fasces)). Like fascism, originally used in… … Etymology dictionary
fascist — [n] dictator authoritarian, autocrat, Nazi, totalitarian, tyrant; concept 354 … New thesaurus
fascist — [fash′ist] n. [It fascista: see FASCISTI] 1. [F ] a) a member of the Fascisti b) a member of some similar party; Nazi, Falangist, etc. 2. a person who believes in or practices fascism adj. 1. [F ] of Fascists or Fascism … English World dictionary
fascist — 01. Ernesto fought against the [fascists] under Franco in the Spanish Civil War. 02. Protestors against globalism are confronting the [fascists] of the corporate elite. 03. The philosophy of [fascism] is alive and well in many states around the… … Grammatical examples in English
fascist — [[t]fæ̱ʃɪst[/t]] fascists 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n You use fascist to describe organizations, ideas, or systems which follow the principles of fascism. ...an upsurge of support for extreme rightist, nationalist and fascist organisations. ...the… … English dictionary
fascist — fas|cist [ˈfæʃıst] n [Date: 1900 2000; : Italian; Origin: Fascista, from fascio group of things tied together ] 1.) someone who supports fascism ▪ The fascists came to power in 1933. 2.) informal someone who is cruel and unfair and does not like… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fascist — noun (C) 1 someone who supports fascism: The fascists came to power in 1933. 2 informal someone who is cruel and unfair and does not like people to argue with them: My last boss was a real fascist. 3 informal someone who has extreme right wing… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
