Fascism
Italian authoritarian movement
Fascism is a political ideology characterized by authoritarian nationalism, centralized autocratic rule, and forcible suppression of opposition.
It emerged in early 20th-century Europe, most notably in Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany.
Fascism typically exalts nation and race above the individual, demands loyalty to a strong leader, and rejects liberal democracy.
In casual use, fascism and fascist are often hurled as insults at anyone perceived as authoritarian or intolerant: My boss is such a fascist about the dress code. (Lowercase fascism refers to the ideology generally; capitalized Fascism sometimes denotes the specific Italian movement.)
State controls everything absolutely
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- NazismGerman fascist totalitarianism
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- ultranationalismExtreme supremacist patriotism
militarism · autocracy · despotism · absolutism · statism · centralism · corporatism · dictatorship
Oppressive, absolute governance
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
subjugation · coercion · intimidation · silencing · domination · control · purges · deportation
totalitarianism
State controls everything absolutely
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- NazismGerman fascist totalitarianism
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
ultranationalism · militarism · autocracy · despotism · absolutism · statism · centralism · corporatism · dictatorship · demagoguery
tyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
censorship · subjugation · coercion · intimidation · silencing · domination · control · purges · deportation · internment
- Italian HistoryRome, Venice, Florence, Naples, Sicily
- Italian StudiesItalian language, Italian history, Italian literature, Italian art, Italian culture
- Bulgarian HistoryLiberation Day, Treaty of Berlin, tsars, Communist Party, Communist era
- Italian ThinkersDante Alighieri, Niccolo Machiavelli, Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, Thomas Aquinas
- Italy WWIIAnzio, Sicily, Salerno, Naples, Florence
- Sicilian HistoryPalermo, Messina, Catania, Syracuse, Archimedes
Fascismdemocracy
Rule by the people
liberal democracy · constitutional democracy · pluralism · parliamentary democracy · libertarianism
Fascismliberalism
Philosophy valuing reform, tolerance
progressivism · cosmopolitanism · internationalism · egalitarianism · humanism
Fascismpacifism
Antiwar moral stance
open society · nonviolence · humanism · tolerance · cosmopolitanism
- fascist regimeDictatorial ultranationalist government
- fascist stateAuthoritarian ultranationalist government
- rise of fascismGrowth of ultranationalist dictatorships
- fascist propagandaPolitical messaging promoting dictatorial ideology
- fascist partyAuthoritarian nationalist political organization
- anti-fascist resistanceOpposition to dictatorial nationalism