fascist

Etymology
1921, from, from , 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.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to fascism.
 * 2) Supporting the principles of fascism.
 * 3)  Unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
 * I have a fascist boss.
 * I have a fascist boss.

Translations

 * Arabic: فَاشِسْتِيّ, فَاشِيّ, نَازِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: фашы́сцкі
 * Breton: faskour, faskourez
 * Bulgarian: фаши́стки
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 法西斯主義的
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: faŝisma
 * Finnish:, fasismi-
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფაშისტური
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: fasískur
 * Irish: faisisteach
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh:
 * Macedonian: фаши́стички
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fascistisk, fasistisk
 * Nynorsk: fascistisk, fasistisk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: fašistický
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: pasista
 * Tajik: фашистӣ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: фаши́стський
 * Urdu: فاسی, فاشی
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: fajistik
 * Yiddish: פֿאַשיסטיש


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 法西斯蒂的
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: faŝisma
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: фаши́стички
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fascistisk, fasistisk
 * Nynorsk: fascistisk, fasistisk
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pasista
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: فاسی
 * Yiddish: פֿאַשיסטיש


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ფაშისტი
 * German:
 * Hebrew: פשיסט
 * Macedonian: фаши́стички
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, фашистообра́зный
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) A proponent of fascism.

Usage notes
It is very common to use fascist in an almost indiscriminate manner for political opponents, via 's figurative senses covering any form of bullying or authoritarianism whatsoever. Cf. 's 1944 “What is Fascism?”: “It will be seen that, as used, the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless. In conversation, of course, it is used even more wildly than in print. I have heard it applied to farmers, shopkeepers, Social Credit, corporal punishment, fox-hunting, bull-fighting, the 1922 Committee, the 1941 Committee, Kipling, Gandhi, Chiang Kai-Shek, homosexuality, Priestley's broadcasts, Youth Hostels, astrology, women, dogs and I do not know what else.”

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: فَاشِسْتِيّ, فَاشِسْتِيَّة, فَاشِيّ, فَاشِيَّة, نَازِيّ, نَازِيَّة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: faşist
 * Belarusian: фашы́ст, фашы́стка
 * Bengali: ,
 * Breton: faskour, faskourez
 * Bulgarian: фаши́ст, фаши́стка
 * Burmese: ဖက်ဆစ်
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, fašistka
 * Danish: fascist
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: fašist
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფაშისტი
 * German:, , , Fascho
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: פָשִׁיסְט
 * Hindi: फ़ासिस्ट, फ़ासीवादी
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: faisistí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: фашист
 * Khmer: ហ្វាស៊ីស
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latvian: fašists, fašiste
 * Lithuanian: fašistas, fašistė
 * Macedonian: фаши́ст, фаши́стка
 * Malay: fasis
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan: fascista
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , , фошыст
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: фашиста, фа̀шисткиња
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: fašista, fašistka
 * Slovene:, fašistka
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pasista
 * Tajik:
 * Thai: ฟาสซิสต์
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: faşist
 * Ukrainian:, фаши́стка
 * Urdu: فاشسٹ
 * Uyghur: فاشىست
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: phần tử phát xít
 * Yiddish: פֿאַשיסט

Etymology
Early 1920s. Borrowed from.

Etymology
or.

Adjective

 * 1)  (supporting the principles of fascism)