para-fascism

English

WOTD – 28 October 2022

Etymology

From para- (prefix meaning ‘alongside, beside’) +‎ fascism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpæɹəˈfæʃɪz(ə)m/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹəˈfæʃˌɪzəm/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra-fasc‧i‧sm

Noun

para-fascism (uncountable)

1. (fascism) A social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices.

   Synonyms: pseudo-fascism, semi-fascism

   • 1996, Gunter Berghaus, Günter Berghaus, Fascism and Theatre: Comparative Studies on the Aesthetics and Politics of Performance in Europe, 1925-1945, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 19:

     Portugal, Austria, Greece, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, the Baltic States, all provide examples of this Ersatz fascism, or what might be termed 'para-fascism'.

   • 2010 October 27, C. Rundle, K. Sturge, Translation Under Fascism, Springer, →ISBN, page 113:

     It is perhaps too early to say how Spanish para-fascism differed from (national-) Catholicism in its treatment of the foreign.

Alternative forms

• parafascism, para-Fascism

Derived terms

• para-fascist

Translations

social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices

• French: parafascisme m
• Galician: parafascismo m
• Italian: parafascismo m
• Portuguese: parafascismo m
• Russian: парафаши́зм m (parafašízm)
• Spanish: parafascismo m

Further reading

• fascism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia