Definition of "neofascism" [neofascism]

• A movement inspired by the tenets and methods of fascism or Nazism. (noun)

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• "Norway, Europe and probably the U.S. will now have anxious debates about xenophobia, populism and the rise of neofascism."
• "I do hope so - as I wrote in the magazine this week, the silence on immigration now has created a golden era for British neofascism."
• "In the United States and many parts of Europe, it is far-right parties and even neofascism that are giving the loudest voice to anti-­corporatist rage."