fascist
Dictator's loyal follower
In the mid-20th century, a Fascist was someone who was a member of or supported the autocratic governments of Hitler in Germany or Mussolini in Italy.
Today, fascist is used loosely as an insulting way to characterize the ideas or behavior of anyone who is perceived as trying to exercise strict control over people using undemocratic and sometimes violent or terroristic means: The state media now appears to be under the control of religious fascists.
Ruler with total control
- tyrantCruel, absolute ruler
- despotRuler with absolute power
- autocratSole wielder of power
- totalitarianDictatorial, all-controlling regime
strongman · oppression · repression · suppression · censorship · coercion · domination · regime
State controls everything absolutely
- ultranationalismExtreme supremacist patriotism
- corporatismState-group policy collaboration
- statismDoctrine of governmental dominance
- ethnonationalismPolitics privileging ethnic identity
palingenesis · anti-communism · autarky · revanchism · fatherland · syncretic · reactionary · anti-democratic
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- antisemitismBigotry toward Jewish people
- supremacismIdeology claiming group superiority
- scapegoatingUnfairly assigning fault to innocents
persecution · pogrom · genocide · holocaust · deportation · ghetto · eugenics · dehumanization
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- demagogyPolitical manipulation through emotion
rally · spectacle · salute · symbolism · iconography · swastika · fasces · eagle
dictator
Ruler with total control
totalitarian · strongman · oppression · repression · suppression · censorship · coercion · domination · regime · junta
totalitarianism
State controls everything absolutely
- ultranationalismExtreme supremacist patriotism
- corporatismState-group policy collaboration
- statismDoctrine of governmental dominance
ethnonationalism · palingenesis · anti-communism · autarky · revanchism · fatherland · syncretic · reactionary · anti-democratic · one-party
racism
Prejudice based on ethnicity
- xenophobiaHatred of outsiders
- antisemitismBigotry toward Jewish people
- supremacismIdeology claiming group superiority
scapegoating · persecution · pogrom · genocide · holocaust · deportation · ghetto · eugenics · dehumanization · othering
indoctrination
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- disinformationIntentional deceptive falsehoods
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
demagogy · rally · spectacle · salute · symbolism · iconography · swastika · fasces · eagle · uniform
accusation
Claim someone did wrong
hyperbole · smear · label · name-calling · Godwin · overused · inflammatory · political · divisive · rhetoric
- politicalconservative, liberal, moderate, centrist, leftist
- oppressivestifling, suffocating, smothering, crushing, repressive
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- loaded wordsbigot, racist, Nazi, terrorist, extremist
- Political Ideologistssocialist, communist, anarchist, Marxist, leftist
- political labelsliberal, conservative, leftist, rightist, moderate
fascistdemocrat
Advocate for popular rule
liberal · socialist · anarchist · libertarian · antifascist
fascistdemocratic
Government by the people
pluralist · constitutionalist · parliamentarian · republican · anti-authoritarian
fascistcosmopolitan
Culturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
multiculturalist · egalitarian · liberator · anti-authoritarian · tolerant
- 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
fascism, fascists, fascistic, antifascist, antifascism, antifascists, neofascism, neofascist