para-fascism
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word para-fascism. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word para-fascism, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say para-fascism in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word para-fascism you have here. The definition of the word para-fascism will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofpara-fascism, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From para- (prefix meaning ‘alongside, beside’) + fascism.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpæɹəˈfæʃɪz(ə)m/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɛɹəˈfæʃˌɪzəm/
- Hyphenation: pa‧ra-fasc‧i‧sm
Noun
- (fascism) A social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices.
- Synonyms: pseudo-fascism, semi-fascism
- 1996, Gunter Berghaus, Günter Berghaus, Fascism and Theatre: Comparative Studies on the Aesthetics and Politics of Performance in Europe, 1925-1945, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 19:
- Portugal, Austria, Greece, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, the Baltic States, all provide examples of this Ersatz fascism, or what might be termed 'para-fascism'.
- 2010 October 27, C. Rundle, K. Sturge, Translation Under Fascism, Springer, →ISBN, page 113:
- It is perhaps too early to say how Spanish para-fascism differed from (national-) Catholicism in its treatment of the foreign.
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Translations
social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices
|
