Definition of "fascist" []

• An advocate or adherent of fascism. (noun)
• A reactionary or dictatorial person. (noun)
• Of, advocating, or practicing fascism. (adjective)
• Of or relating to the regime of the Fascisti. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The term "fascist" comes from the Italian word for bundle, fascio - the idea being that alone we're just weak little twigs, but bundled together by an all-powerful state, we become strong through collectivism."
• "For year after year, left wing jewish writers peddled an orwellian news-speak, distorting the freedoms of western society, throwing the term fascist at any libertarian who dared to suggest that socialism is an basic evil."
• "I believe the term fascist used as a suffix to a religion came from the extreme wrong wing talk radio's anus, so I do not use the term, as it only serves to perpetuate their anti personnel propagandistic agenda. by"