fascisticadj.
/fəˈʃɪstɪk/, U.S. /fæˈʃɪstɪk/ Originally (frequently with capital initial): of, relating to, or characteristic of fascists or fascism; supporting a fascist regime or party. Now usually more generally: reminiscent of or resembling fascist views or practices; extremely right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant. Cf. fascist adj.
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1922 N.Y. Times 30 Oct. 2/4 The character of the Fascistic march on Rome is exemplified by various minor happenings of a friendly nature.
1925 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 33 75 Workers' Guards, the proletarian army of defense against the growing fascistic movement.
1935 Mind 44 208 Why should not some Fascistic professor of physiology succeed in discovering some drug or mode of life that would extend indefinitely the organism's power to repair itself, and so to stave off death?
1951 E. Mittelholzer Shadows move among Them iii. vii. 306 Why should you consider it Fascistic to get rid of a man who has proved himself a hopeless crime-addict?
1962 R. B. Fuller Epic Poem on Industrialization 58 Witness its panicky Fascistic plotting.
1977 Time 31 Oct. 11/1 Terrorists are attacking Western industrial states as fascistic or oppressive.
2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 7 Sept. 27 A small yet vocal percentage of them [sc. taxi drivers] do seem to have decidedly fascistic tendencies.
2007 N.Y. Mag. 8 Jan. 70/1 Into this vacuum of hope has rushed a Fascistic regime, which rounds up illegal immigrants..and imprisons the undesirables.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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