social fascistn.adj.
/ˌsəʊʃl ˈfaʃɪst/, U.S. /ˌsoʊʃəl ˈfæʃəst/ derogatory. In Communist usage.Used to imply an association between non-communist socialism and fascism. Cf. social fascism n.
A. n.
An advocate or adherent of a non-communist form of socialism; a social democrat.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [noun] > non-communist socialism (communist term) > adherent of
social fascist1929
1929 Times 12 Sept. 11/4 The Pravda, as usual, is particularly violent. In a leading article it attacks not only the Nanking Government, but chiefly its ‘real lords and masters—the Geneva Social-Fascists and delegates of the British “Labour” Government’.
1961 H. Thomas Spanish Civil War viii. 71 The Socialists..were described by [Communist] party jargon as ‘social fascists’.
1975 Guardian 19 Mar. 2/3 Their [sc. the Portuguese Maoists'] stated philosophy is that the Armed Forces movement, the Communist Party, and other left-wing groups are ‘Social Fascists’.
1991 Hist. Workshop Spring 237 Here, the absurdity of being expected..to denounce Alf, Jimmy and many other friends as ‘Social Fascists’, for having moved away from the party.
B. adj.
Characterized by or advocating a form of non-communist socialism; social democratic.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > socialism > [adjective] > non-communist socialism (communist term)
social fascista1937
a1937 J. Bell in Essays, Poems & Lett. (1938) ii. 294 He bellows incessantly. That I am a social-democratic, social-fascist, weak-kneed traitor. That I am a bourgeois intellectual.
1965 Jrnl. Inter-Amer. Stud. 7 118 The Labour Party..was declared to be ‘Social Fascist’ and ‘the main enemy’ of the revolutionary movement.
2005 S. Whiteside tr. ‘W. Ming’ 54 i. 154 Odoacre says Yugoslavia is a social-fascist country.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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