Fascism is complex and as a result, you may find several slightly different answers as to what it is. Here are some of our CONTRIBUTOR'S Answers:
Answer 1
Fascism (as behavior) is a centrist point of view, it's a result of communism.
The label 'fascism' has italian origins (see below)
[Italian fascismo, from fascio, group, from Late Latin fascium, from Latin fascis, bundle.]
Answer 2
fascistic (f-shstk) adj. Word History: It is fitting that the name of an authoritarian political movement like Fascism, founded in 1919 by Benito Mussolini, should come from the name of a symbol of authority. The Italian name of the movement, fascismo, is derived from fascio, bundle, (political) group, but also refers to the movement's emblem, the fasces, a bundle of rods bound around a projecting axe-head that was carried before an ancient Roman magistrate by an attendant as a symbol of authority and power. The name of Mussolini's group of revolutionaries was soon used for similar nationalistic movements in other countries that sought to gain power.
Fascism is an authoritarian nationalist political ideology .
Answer 3
A 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.
Answer 4
Fascism refers to a nationalistic and authoritarian right wing system of social organization and government.
Answer 5
It is an elitist right wing form of government
Answer 6
Fascism is a system of government that is dictatorial in nature, power has been centralized and the opposition is suppressed trough terror.
Answer 7
Fascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology .
Fascism is a radical right-wing ideology that requires citizen to obediently conform to rigid social norms that support dominent economic and political (and sometimes religious) institutions.
Fascism and communism (i.e., radical socialism) are polar opposites:
Facsism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology. It is primarily concerned with notions of cultural and social decline or decadence, and which seeks to achieve a millenarian national rebirth by exalting the nation, as well as promoting cults of unity, strength and purity.
Fascism is a form of government first used by Mussolini in Italy in the early 1900s. Fascism is structured around an authoritarian dictator who embodies the state. It's ideology is tied to nationalism and mostly right-wing politics.
Fascism is a variant of extreme corporatist nationalism headed by an authoritarian leadership and is usually classified as a far-right political theory. It originated in Italy under Mussolini and Hitler's Nazism is a variant of Fascism. Fascist movements shared certain common features, including the veneration of the state, a devotion to a strong leader, and an emphasis on ultra-nationalism and militarism. Fascism views political violence, war, and Imperialism positively and it asserts that stronger nations have the right to expand their territory by displacing weaker nations since the national race was in perpetual conflict with other nations and races. It also argues that corporations should be able to maintain independence from direct government control (in contrast to communism), but that these privately-owned and run corporations should work in tandem with government interests.
The official definition for the word fascism is "an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization."
Hitler and Mussolini, to name two.
Fascism
He was a lowerclass socialist blacksmith (source liberal facsism; by jonah goldberg)
The world went to war. How the heck could that not be important? But, seriously. World War I represented every existanting conflict in Europe, devasted most European countries by the time it was over and paved the way for World War II and the rise of Facsism.
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Facsism is the belief that a certain nation is all powerful, and has fair rights to any other property[ or anything else] ouit side of there own teritory. facist leaders usually rule through making themselves look all powerful through properganda, and a promised return to an idealized past, or great future. Examples: Bento mussolinni Nazism is a form of Facism, based on the ideals of extreme nationalism,racism,antisemitism, opposition of liberal rights, and anti communism. they were especilly opposed against Jews and communists, because the treaty of Versailles [ a deal that sevearly limited germanys power made after WWI] which they considered to be a Jew-communist conspiricy examples: adolf Hitler
The main supporters of facism around the period of world war 2 were Germany and Italy. However Japan was also a facist country and formed an alliance with Germany and Italy forming the axis. Germany was under rule of Nazi Fyrher Adolf Hitler who believed strongly in the policy of facism. Benito Mussolini was the co-leader in Italy along with the king however MUssolini was the prime military contorler and believed heavily in facsism. Japanese emperor Hiihito also can be considered as a facist as he believed in the same policies of expansion, imperialism etc..All countries believed in the importance of war and how it made a nation strong. They all share the same political ideas and hence are labelled as fascist.
A lot. I would direct you to wikipedia or dictionary.com- they'll have good defintions of both terms.Follow up to answer this questionThe fascism has more similarities than differences from the communism, although they claim foes and enemy against each other.-They all control a country in name of state.-They all exploit people from private possess.-They all advocate personal superstition of top political leader.-They all split the society by laws into different classes and neglect the principle of human equality.-They all discriminate one or few of the social classes by laws and by governmental propaganda, claiming that the majority of society is superior to the minority thereof, therefore persecution and exploitation of the minority have beneficial effects in social progress. Communism claims that proletarian is superior to capitalists or bourgeois while the fascism claims that Aryans are superior to Jewish and other races.-They all claim that their political power is not to be challenged and eliminate all possibilities of other politically different existence to maintain their dictatorship. Opposite or different political opinions are considered de facto illegal.-They all interfere private life of the individuals in name of people or of working class. Victims of political persecution feel their livings socially difficult or impossible. Secret police or similar functioning organization is widely active to inspect or supervise people's thoughts and speeches.-Legislation and trial are controlled only by governing political party.Although with above there are some differences:-Fascism accepts the concept of country while communism thinks that the concept of country will eventually disappear.-Facsism thinks the social-class difference eternally exists and one of the government functions is to make every class accept the differences and keep the social order with such differences; Communism thinks social class will disappear and government is temperarily necessary before the whole world units.In fact the main difference between the fascism and communism is that the former is a dictatorship on base of force while the latter is that on base of utopia.