Interestingly, the English dictionary has a very different definition to that of the American dictionary:
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fascism
/fashiz’m/
• noun 1 an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government. 2 extreme right-wing, authoritarian, or intolerant views or practice.
— DERIVATIVES fascist noun & adjective fascistic adjective.
— ORIGIN Italian fascismo, from fascio ‘bundle, political group’, from Latin fascis ‘bundle’.
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That was OED and Cambridge defines it :
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Fascism
noun {U}
a political system based on a very powerful leader, state control and extreme pride in country and race, and in which political opposition is not allowed
fascist
adjective (ALSO fascistic)
- fascist groups
- a fascist dictator/regime
fascist
noun {C}
1 someone who supports fascism
2 a person of the far right in politics
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