different between trumpery vs fascism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tromperie (“deceit”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??mp??i/
• Hyphenation: trump?ery

Noun

trumpery (plural trumperies)

1. Worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk.
   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act IV, scene 1:

     PROSPERO.^{[To Ariel]}

     This was well done, my bird.

     Thy shape invisible retain thou still:

     The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither

     For stale to catch these thieves.

2. Nonsense.
   • 1698, Robert South, “The Lineal Descent of Jesus of Nazareth from David by his Blessed Mother the Virgin Mary. Proved in a Discourse on Rev. xxii. 16.”, in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Subjects and Occasions, volume III, London: Printed by Tho[mas] Warren for Thomas Bennet, OCLC 272362693; republished as Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions, volume III, 6th edition, London: Printed by J. Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, at the Rose in Pater-noster Row, 1727, OCLC 85047152, page 287:

     Now upon the coming of Chri?t, very much, tho' not all, of this idolatrous Trumpery and Super?tition was driven out of the World: […]

3. (obsolete) Deceit; fraud.
   • 1640, Richard Greenwey, The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The Description of Germanie, publ. by Richard Whitaker, 182.

   • 1859, Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White:

     In that case there is no need for me to write about the trumpery scandal by which I was the sufferer—the innocent sufferer, I positively assert.

Translations

Adjective

trumpery (not comparable)

1. Gaudy but worthless.
   • 1887, Charles Mackay, Through the Long Day: Or, Memorials of a Literary Life (page 113)

     I also remember the old Royal Mews that stood on the site of the present trumpery National Gallery, with its too suggestive pepper-boxes; […]

   • 1954, Anthony Buckeridge, According to Jennings, London: William Collins, Sons, OCLC 255905255; republished London: Stratus Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-7551-0165-8, page 136:

     “Of all the trumpery moonshine!” Mr Wilkins exploded. “What do you think you're playing at, Jennings!”

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