Español
fascismo.
(Del it. fascismo).
1. m. Movimiento político y social de carácter totalitario que se produjo en Italia, por iniciativa de Benito Mussolini, después de la Primera Guerra Mundial.
2. m. Doctrina de este partido italiano y de las similares en otros países.
Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española
English
1. a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government; -- opposed to {democracy} and {liberalism}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. an authoritarian system of government under absolute
control of a single dictator, allowing no political
opposition, forcibly suppressing dissent, and rigidly
controlling most industrial and economic activities. Such
regimes usually try to achieve popularity by a strongly
nationalistic appeal, often mixed with racism.
[PJC]
3. Specifically, the Fascist movement led by Benito Mussolini
in Italy from 1922 to 1943.
[PJC]
4. broadly, a tendency toward or support of a strongly
authoritarian or dictatorial control of government or
other organizations; -- often used pejoratively in this
sense.
[PJC]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English