para-fascism
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para-fascism
- /ˌpæɹəˈfæʃɪz(ə)m/ UK
- /ˌpɛɹəˈfæʃˌɪzəm/ US
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From para- (prefix meaning ‘alongside, beside’) + fascism.
noun parafascism · para-Fascism
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A social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices.
Portugal, Austria, Greece, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, the Baltic States, all provide examples of this Ersatz fascism, or what might be termed 'para-fascism'.
Similar: pseudo-fascism, semi-fascism
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noun social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices
| Español | parafascismo |
|---|---|
| Português | parafascismo |
| Français | parafascisme |
| Italiano | parafascismo |
| Русский | парафаши́зм parafašízm |
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