as in tyranny
rule, control, or leadership by one person with absolute power
A soaring crime rate and civil unrest were harbingers to the rise of fascism in the country.
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Recent Examples of fascism
Eldest daughter Nancy wrote incisive comic and romantic novels about her social set—as well as a sendup of fascism, Wigs on the Green.
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Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
In Episode 2, Diana offers Unity a chance to leave England to see fascism in action in Germany, and the younger woman jumps at the chance.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 June 2025
The Boomers are out there marching against a fascism that doesn't exist, rather than wars that do.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Baker reaches from Virginia’s slaveholding history to the poet Ezra Pound’s deluded post–World War II fascism to the misogynistic trolls of Gamergate in her quest to understand Unite the Right.
—Book Marks
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
In Episode 2, Diana offers Unity a chance to leave England to see fascism in action in Germany, and the younger woman jumps at the chance.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 June 2025
The Boomers are out there marching against a fascism that doesn't exist, rather than wars that do.
—Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Baker reaches from Virginia’s slaveholding history to the poet Ezra Pound’s deluded post–World War II fascism to the misogynistic trolls of Gamergate in her quest to understand Unite the Right.
—Book Marks
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fascism
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Determined to liberate Panem, Katniss and her fellow rebels embark on a dangerous journey into the heart of the Capitol to save the nation from President Snow’s tyranny once and for all.—
Kelly Martinez Published,
EW.com,
5 July 2025
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Religious freedom and freedom of speech make up the engine of self-government and form a bulwark against tyranny.—
Kristen Waggoner,
National Review,
5 July 2025
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During the dictatorship, blackouts were used to control people.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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But if Trump’s Iran gamble turns out well and Iran’s theocratic dictatorship either crumbles or gives up its uranium enrichment program through diplomatic negotiations — a big if — Trump will be credited with having done something four previous presidents contemplated but ultimately failed to do.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
22 June 2025
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Mao had also fully grasped the natural suitability of photographic and filmic media for the broadcasting and cognitive technologies of totalitarianism.—
Nan Z. Da
June 10,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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Hannah Arendt and the Fight for the Truth (Public Books) by John Plotz Hannah Arendt famously wrote about totalitarianism.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
27 May 2025
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“Fascism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fascism. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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