fascistoid
English
Etymology
From fascist + -oid.
Adjective
fascistoid (comparative more fascistoid, superlative most fascistoid)
- Resembling fascism.
- 2002, Claudio Tamburrini, Torbjörn Tännsjö, Values in Sport: Elitism, Nationalism, Gender Equality and the Scientific Manufacturing of Winners
- In sum, we ought to realise that our enthusiasm for sports heroes is fascistoid in nature.
- 2002, Claudio Tamburrini, Torbjörn Tännsjö, Values in Sport: Elitism, Nationalism, Gender Equality and the Scientific Manufacturing of Winners
Translations
fascist — see fascist
Noun
fascistoid (plural fascistoids)
- A person who holds fascistoid views.
- 2021, Harold James, “Globalization and Its Neologisms”, in The War of Words: A Glossary of Globalization, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 236:
- The modern fascistoids employ terribly violent language, with often tragic and murderous consequences, but they do not stage invasions and do not really aim at war.
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