different between nationalism vs fascism

English

Etymology

From French nationalisme. Surface etymology is national +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?næ??n?l?z?m/

Noun

nationalism (countable and uncountable, plural nationalisms)

1. Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country, people or culture.
2. Support for the creation of a sovereign nation (which does not currently exist).

3. (Britain, Ireland) Support for the union of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Hypernyms

• sectionalism; any geopolitical group pursuing its own interest

Hyponyms

• jingoism; aggressive warlike nationalism
• ethnonationalism; nationalism on the basis of ethnicity
• ultranationalism

Antonyms

• internationalism
• antinationalism

Translations

Derived terms

• metanationalism
• micronationalism

See also

• nationalist
• isolationist

Anagrams

• antimonials, laminations

English

Alternative forms

• Fascism

Etymology

1922, from Italian fascismo (from fascio (“bundle, fasces”), from Latin fasces 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). Originally only applied (usually capitalized) to Benito Mussolini's Italy which used a representation of the ancient fasces as its emblem.

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?sh'?z(?)m, IPA^(key): /?fæ??z(?)m/

Noun

fascism (usually uncountable, plural fascisms)

1. Any right-wing, authoritarian, nationalist ideology characterized by centralized, totalitarian governance, strong regimentation of the economy and of society, and repression of criticism or opposition.
2. (by extension) Any system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law, race-baiting, and/or violence against largely unarmed populations.

   Hyponyms: alt-right, Falangism, Kahanism, Nazism

Antonyms

• antifascism
• anti-fascism

Derived terms

Related terms

• fascist
• fascistic
• fascistical
• fascistically

Translations

See also

• authoritarianism
• blackshirt
• Brownshirt
• collectivism
• communism, Communism
• globalism
• internationalism
• international socialism
• nationalism
• national socialism, National Socialism, Naziism, Nazism
• socialism
• statism
• totalitarianism

Further reading

• fascism at OneLook Dictionary Search
• fascism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia