anti-fascist
adjective
an·ti-fas·cist
ˌan-tē-ˈfa-shist 
ˌan-tī-,
also -sist
variants
or less commonly anti-Fascist
or antifascist
: opposed to fascism
anti-fascist protesters
… the film suggests a counterculture version of the anti-fascist thrillers of the forties.—
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
anti-fascist
noun
or less commonly anti-Fascist
or antifascist
Those few weeks turned me into a devout anti-fascist.
—Martha Gellhorn
Martha Gellhorn
anti-fascism
noun
or less commonly anti-Fascism
or antifascism
They were united only by their anti-Fascism and their contempt for Badoglio and the King.
—Robert Katz
Robert Katz
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The film stars returning Akin collaborator Diane Kruger as an anti-fascist farmer on the titular island off the German coast, and features a strong turn from Jasper Ole Billerbeck as protagonist Nanning.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
The track was a holdover from writing sessions during the first Trump administration, when Furman was working on that aforementioned anti-fascist trilogy.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
In recent years, the Black Lives Matter protests and use of the anti-fascist Iron Front symbol have been sources of contention and forced the league and its clubs into difficult discussions and decisions.
—Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 14 May 2025
These fighters were the anti-fascist Resistance—men who’d deserted the armies of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini and were preparing to fight for freedom.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
The track was a holdover from writing sessions during the first Trump administration, when Furman was working on that aforementioned anti-fascist trilogy.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
In recent years, the Black Lives Matter protests and use of the anti-fascist Iron Front symbol have been sources of contention and forced the league and its clubs into difficult discussions and decisions.
—Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 14 May 2025
These fighters were the anti-fascist Resistance—men who’d deserted the armies of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini and were preparing to fight for freedom.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-fascist
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“Anti-fascist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-fascist. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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