Fascism (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fascism" is a kind of...):
ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fascism"):
national socialism; Naziism; Nazism (a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader)
Derivation:
fascist (an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views)
fascistic (relating to or characteristic of fascism)