antifascism
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a word derived from
fascism.
fascismnouna governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
Example Sentences
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“Under the lid of antifascism, the old nationalism partly survived,” said Volkhard Knigge, a historian and director of the memorial at the former Buchenwald concentration camp.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2019
I’m a university student and an antifascism activist living in Saxony, not far from Chemnitz.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2018
Before I moved to this area a few years ago I didn’t know Saxony, and took antifascism for granted.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2018
The student uprisings of 1968 inadvertently weakened antifascism further, for activists ridiculed what they saw as their elders’ cynical manipulation of antifascism to legitimize their power.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2017
To many Frenchmen, the scene recalled the Popular Fronts that surged to power in the '30s under the banner of militant antifascism.
From Time Magazine Archive
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