🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

neofascismo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ne.o.faˈsis.mo/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Neofascism/ˌniː.oʊˈfæʃ.ɪ.zəm/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El neofascismo rechaza los principios liberales y democráticos."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A post-World War II ideology that includes significant elements of fascism, such as extreme nationalism, authoritarianism, militarism, and opposition to democracy and immigration.

    "The rise of neofascism in several European countries has sparked widespread concern among human rights organizations."
  2. 2

    Political movements and organizations that emulate historical fascist parties, often characterized by ultranationalism, xenophobia, and far-right extremism.

    "Law enforcement agencies are closely monitoring groups suspected of promoting neofascism."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combining form 'neo-' (from Greek 'neos', meaning new) combined with 'fascism' (from Italian 'fascio', meaning bundle or political group). The term emerged in the post-World War II era to describe radical political movements that revived the ideologies, aesthetics, and authoritarian methods of historical Italian fascism and German National Socialism.

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