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fascism
noun [U] /ˈfæʃˌɪz·əm/Definition
› politics & government a political system based on a very powerful leader, state control of social and economic life, and extreme pride in country and race, with no expression of political disagreement allowed fascist
/ˈfæʃ·ɪst/ adjective [not gradable] › fascist groups fascist
/ˈfæʃ·ɪst/ noun [C] › He left Germany when the fascists took over.
(Definition of fascism noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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