Etymology

para-fascism

pa·ra-fasc·i·sm

Today it means: A social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices. Full definition →

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The story

From para- (prefix meaning ‘alongside, beside’) + fascism.

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