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crypto-fascist
crypto-fascist adj. and n.
Brit. 
/ˌkrɪptəʊˈfaʃɪst/
, /ˌkrɪptəʊˈfaʃɪst/U.S. /ˌkrɪptoʊˈfæʃəst/
/ˌkrɪptoʊˈfæʃəst/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > fascism > [noun] > adherent of > covert
crypto-fascist1927
1927 Manch. Guardian 31 Oct. 16/3 The crypto-Fascists..seek to keep control of their [sc. democratic institutions's] most delicate workings in order to pervert them.
1928 Manch. Guardian 18 Jan. 13/2 A very widespread though undefined crypto-Fascist movement against democracy.
1956 D. J. Enright Bread rather than Blossoms 26 A crypto-fascist looks for open war.
1990 Arizona Daily Star 14 Mar. c1/1 Our heroes are quickly suspended from the force by corrupt higher-ups controlled by Washington's crypto-fascists.
1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xvi. 483 This one calls the phenomenon populist-democratic. That one fears it may be crypto-fascist.
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