different between fascist vs dictator

English

Etymology

1921, from Italian fascista, from fascio (“bundle, bunch”), in use metonymically for "group of men organized for political purposes" since 1895. Ultimately with reference to the fasces or bundles of axes and rods carried before the magistrates of ancient Rome in token of their power of life and death).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?fæ??st/

Adjective

fascist (comparative more fascist, superlative most fascist)

1. Of or relating to fascism.
2. Supporting the principles of fascism.
3. (informal) Unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.

   I have a fascist boss.

Translations

Noun

fascist (plural fascists)

1. A member of a political party or other organization that advocates fascist principles.
2. A proponent of fascism.

Usage notes

It is very common to use “fascist” in an almost indiscriminate manner for political opponents, cf. George Orwell, “What is Fascism?” (1944): “It will be seen that, as used, the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless. In conversation, of course, it is used even more wildly than in print. I have heard it applied to farmers, shopkeepers, Social Credit, corporal punishment, fox-hunting, bull-fighting, the 1922 Committee, the 1941 Committee, Kipling, Gandhi, Chiang Kai-Shek, homosexuality, Priestley's broadcasts, Youth Hostels, astrology, women, dogs and I do not know what else.”

Translations

Derived terms

• clerofascist
• Islamofascist

Related terms

• fascism
• fascistic

See also

• Nazi, nazi

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “fascist”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Dutch

Etymology

Early 1920s. Borrowed from Italian fascista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??s?st/, /f????st/
• Hyphenation: fas?cist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

fascist m (plural fascisten, diminutive fascistje n, feminine fasciste)

1. fascist [from 1920s]

Derived terms

• fascistisch

Related terms

• fascisme

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: fasis

Swedish

Alternative forms

• faskist (rare)

Noun

fascist c

1. fascist

Declension

Related terms

• fascism
• fascistisk

References

• fascist in Svensk ordbok (SO)

English

Alternative forms

• dictatour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin dict?tor (“a chief magistrate”), from dict? (“dictate, prescribe”), from d?c? (“say, speak”).

Surface analysis is dictate +? -or “one who dictates”.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?k?te?t?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?kte?t??/

Noun

dictator (plural dictators)

1. A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.
2. (historical) A magistrate without colleague in republican Ancient Rome, who held full executive authority for a term granted by the senate (legislature), typically to conduct a war.
3. A tyrannical boss or authority figure.
4. A person who dictates text (e.g. letters to a clerk).

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Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dict?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?k?ta?.t?r/
• Hyphenation: dic?ta?tor
• Rhymes: -a?t?r

Noun

dictator m (plural dictatoren or dictators, diminutive dictatortje n)

1. dictator (tyrant, despot)

   Synonyms: despoot, dwingeland, tiran

2. (historical) dictator (Roman magistrate with expanded powers)

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Latin

Etymology

From dict? (“I dictate”) +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dik?ta?.tor/, [d??k?t?ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dik?ta.tor/, [d?ik?t???t??r]

Noun

dict?tor m (genitive dict?t?ris); third declension

1. an elected chief magistrate
2. one who dictates.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

• dictator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dictator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dictator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• dictator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• dictator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dictator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dictateur, Latin dict?tor.

Noun

dictator m (plural dictatori)

1. dictator

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