152. Fascism

See also 94. COMMUNISM ; 185. GOVERNMENT ; 289. NATIONALISM ; 322. POLITICS .

anti-Hitlerism

the principles and practices of people who worked to dissolve Hitler’s dictatorship and fascism.

Bundist

a member of the German-American Volksbund, a U.S. pro-Nazi organization of the 1930s and 1940s. — Bund , n .

Falangism

the doctrines of the Falange, the fascist party of Spain. — Falangist , n .

fascism

1 . the tenets of a centralized totalitarian and nationalistic government that strictly controls finance, industry, and commerce, practices rigid censorship and racism, and eliminates opposition through secret police.

2 . such a form of government, as that of Italy under Mussolini. — fascist , n . — fascistic , adj .

Hitlerism

the tenets of German fascism as developed by Adolf Hitler; Nazism. — Hitlerite , n., adj .

Nazism

the German form of fascism, especially that of the National Socialist (German: Nazionalsozialist) Workers’ party under Adolf Hitler. — Nazi , n., adj .

Neo-Fascism

the post-World War II rise of a movement whose principal aim is to incorporate the doctrines of fascism into existing political systems. — Neo-Facist , n .

putschism

a method of revolution or overthrow involving secret planning, suddenness, and speed, as Hitler’s 1938 invasion of Austria. — putschist , n .

Rexist

a member of the Belgian pro-fascist party of the 1930s.