part of speech: noun
Sentence from text: From the first hours of Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, the propagandists on both sides of the conflict portrayed the struggle in stark, Manichaean language. The totalitarian nature of both regimes made this inevitable. On one side stood Hitler, fascism, the myth of German supremacy; on the other side stood Stalin, communism, and the international proletarian revolution.
Definition: Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition 2: a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control
Synonyms: Big Brother, Big Brotherism, Communism, Nazism, absolutism, autarchy, authoritarianism, autocracy, Caesarism, czarism (also tsarism or tzarism), despotism, dictatorship, totalism, totalitarianis, tyranny, monarchism, monarchy, monocracy, domination, oppression
Antyonyms: democracy, self-governance, self-government, self-rule, freedom, self-determination, autonomy, sovereignty (also sovranty)
Other forms of word: fascist \ ˈfa-shist also -sist \ noun or adjective, often capitalized
fascistic \ fa-ˈshi-stik also -ˈsi- \ adjective, often capitalized
fascistically \ fa-ˈshi-sti-k(ə-)lē also -ˈsi- \ adverb, often capitalized
My sentence: A soaring crime rate and civil unrest were harbingers to the rise of fascism in the country.
First known use: 1921
History and Etymology: Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, fasces, group, from Latin fascis bundle & fasces fasces