Etymology From fascist + -oid. First attested in an article by Geoffrey Pyke in The New Statesman on 5 September 1936.
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Resembling fascism.
We must now be prepared, too, for that Puritan reaction here, which seems to accompany all Fascistoid movements.5 September 1936, Geoffrey Pyke, “Politics and Witchcraft”, in The New Statesman, volume 12:
In sum, we ought to realise that our enthusiasm for sports heroes is fascistoid in nature.2002, Claudio Tamburrini, Torbjörn Tännsjö, Values in Sport: Elitism, Nationalism, Gender Equality and the Scientific Manufacturing of Winners:
fascistoid
noun
Etymology From fascist + -oid. First attested in an article by Geoffrey Pyke in The New Statesman on 5 September 1936.
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A person who holds fascistoid views.
The modern fascistoids employ terribly violent language, with often tragic and murderous consequences, but they do not stage invasions and do not really aim at war.2021, Harold James, “Globalization and Its Neologisms”, in The War of Words: A Glossary of Globalization, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 236: