as in tyranny
rule, control, or leadership by one person with absolute power
A soaring crime rate and civil unrest were harbingers to the rise of fascism in the country.
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Recent Examples of fascism
There are so many good folks who are carving out community and lifting each other up in the face of fascism.
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Post-fascism doesn’t involve paramilitaries or do away with elections outright.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Her works explored Oedipal urges and creeping fascism.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2026
Hungary had a very weak civil society after 70 years of totalitarian fascism and communism.
—John Shattuck, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
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Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Post-fascism doesn’t involve paramilitaries or do away with elections outright.
—Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
Her works explored Oedipal urges and creeping fascism.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2026
Hungary had a very weak civil society after 70 years of totalitarian fascism and communism.
—John Shattuck, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fascism
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Without constant reinforcement, these muscles will atrophy, and when real tyranny arrives, the flabby citizen will be powerless to resist.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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Focus Features has set a Sept 11 release for the Paul Greengrass directed, Andrew Garfield starring The Uprising, which follows the untold true story of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Garber’s book offers reason to think that the decline of reading and the rise of authoritarianism are twinned forms of disempowerment.—
Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes takes the reader back in time to examine the state of nature debate and the origins of authoritarianism versus democratic forms of government.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Anti-dictatorship, but for kids Serkis scrubs the story of its violence, at least in any graphic manner.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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In a nation that has long prided itself on a free and vibrant news media, rights watchdogs and lawmakers from across the political spectrum denounced the move as an attack on the press without precedent since the end of Argentina’s military dictatorship in 1983.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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While the Russian government has taken steps in the past to acknowledge the culpability of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and his regime, some Russian-language commentators see the display as a massive step back toward denying the crimes of totalitarianism.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
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American freedom was the antidote to the icy grip of totalitarianism, whether from Nazis or Communists.—
Peter S. Canellos,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Fascism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fascism. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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