A person whose fascist views or motives are kept private or secret.
The American people will no longer retreat from “crypto-fascists” attacking their civil liberties, but will stand and fight for basic democracy, Senator Claude Pepper, Democrat, of Florida, declared yesterday at the closing session of the conference on cultural freedom and civil liberties at the Hotel Commodore.1947 October 27, Claude Pepper, quotee, “Pepper Asks Fight to Save Liberties”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
crypto-fascist
adj
Etymology From crypto- + fascist.
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Having private or secret fascist views or motives.
He also provides the helpful service of describing the contents of such cryptofascist films as Chuck Norris's “Invasion U.S.A.,” sparing the reader the ordeal of actually having to watch them.1988 January 10, Peter Brunette, “Democracy Goes to the Movies”, in The New York Times, →ISSN: