.1. Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and society, and repression of criticism or opposition. [1922]
.1. (strictest sense) The ideology and practice of the 20th-century Italian movement from which this name came.
Coordinate terms: Francoism, Nazism
.2. (loosely, by extension, derogatory) Any system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law, race-baiting, and/or violence against largely unarmed populations.
.3. (figurative, derogatory) Any extreme reliance on or enforcement of rules and regulations.
Their means seemed a bit fascistic.
I dotn think you have any idea what that word means.
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