ˈfa]ˌshizəm, ˈfaa], ˈfai] also ]ˌsi- sometimes ˈfä] or ˈfȧ] noun
( -s )
Etymology: Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, political group + -ismo -ism
1. often capitalized : the principles of the Fascisti ; also : the movement or governmental regime embodying their principles
2.
a. : any program for setting up a centralized autocratic national regime with severely nationalistic policies, exercising regimentation of industry, commerce, and finance, rigid censorship, and forcible suppression of opposition
b. : any tendency toward or actual exercise of severe autocratic or dictatorial control (as over others within an organization)
the nascent fascism of a detective who is not content merely to do his duty — George Nobbe
early instances of army fascism and brutality — J.W.Aldridge
a kind of personal fascism , a dictatorship of the ego over the more generous elements of the soul — Edmond Taylor