proto-fascism
Americannoun
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a political ideology, movement, or tendency having characteristics associated with fascism without being identified as fascism.
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a political ideology, movement, or body of thought regarded as a historical precursor to fascism.
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Miracles and proto-fascism aside, today’s virtual reality experiments draw on some of the same basic desires that have animated human thought about transforming food.
From Slate ● May 22, 2019
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