pre-fascist
adjective
history,politicsspecialized(alsopre-Fascist)uk/ˌpriːˈfæʃ.ɪst/us/ˌpriːˈfæʃ.ɪst/relatingto atimebeforefascism(= apoliticalsystembasedon a verypowerfulleader,statecontrol, and beingextremelyproudofcountryandrace),especiallyin acountrythatlaterhad afascistgovernment:
pre-Fascist Italy/Germany
Theirambitionwas torestorepre-fascistliberaldemocracy.
relatingtopoliticalopinionsthatsharesome of thefeaturesoffascism(= apoliticalsystembasedon a verypowerfulleader,statecontrol, and beingextremelyproudofcountryandrace):
Hewarnsof thethreatposedto the world’s democracies by pre-fascist populists.
- Thegovernmentreverted to the pre-Fascisttraditionofmayoralleadership.
- Thestoryis set in pre-fascist Vienna.
- Thesestatements, which couldseempre-fascist at a firstglance,remainedfullyrepublicanfor tworeasons.
Systems of government
- a reign of terroridiom
- absolutism
- ancien régime
- anti-apartheid
- anti-communism
- anti-federalist
- democratically
- democratization
- democratize
- despotic
- despotically
- majority rule
- martial law
- matriarchal
- matriarchy
- meritocracy
- post-apartheid
- regime
- reign
- republican