fascist
AdjektivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈfæʃɪst//
- //ˈfa.sɪst//
Of or relating to fascism.
Adjektiv
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Of or relating to fascism.
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Supporting the principles of fascism.
The movie clearly and unmistakably gives us a character who understands the Bill of Rights, understands his legal responsibility as a police officer, and nevertheless takes retribution into his own hands. Sure, Scorpio is portrayed as the most vicious, perverted, warped monster we can imagine — but that’s part of the same stacked deck. The movie’s moral position is fascist. No doubt about it.
Under demagogues such as Donald Trump in the U.S., Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Recep Erdoğan in Turkey, Narendra Modi in India and Viktor Orbán in Hungary, a moral abyss has emerged in which state violence, widespread repression and a surge of lawlessness against those considered disposable have become the hallmark of an updated fascist politics.
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übertragenUnfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
I have a fascist boss.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Latin fascis Italian fascio Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. Italian -ista Italian fascistabor. English fascist 1921, from Italian fascista, from fascio (“bundle, bunch”), in use metonymically for "group of men organized for political purposes" since 1895. Ultimately with reference to the fasces or bundles of axes and rods carried before the magistrates of ancient Rome in token of their power of life and death.
Substantiv
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A proponent of fascism.
Mussolini was a fascist well known for his repression of criticism and totalitarian government.
Fascist? I'm not fascist. You're the fascist!
[I]f I can shoot rabbits / Then I can shoot fascists.
Thursday's long-awaited relocation fulfils a key pledge of the socialist government, which said Spain should not continue to glorify a fascist who ruled the country for nearly four decades.
Formen
- Plural
- fascists
- Komparativ
- more fascist
- Superlativ
- most fascist