FASCISM

noun Etymology: Italian ~o, from fascio bundle, fasces, group, from Latin fascis bundle & fasces fasces Date: 1921 a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition, a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control , fascist noun or adjective, often capitalized fascistic adjective, often capitalized fascistically adverb, often capitalized