Meanings
- historicaluncountableThe fascist ideology of the Nazi-aligned Arrow Cross Party, which ruled Hungary from 1944 to 1945, and of its predecessors and subsequent far-right supporters.
A revised Party programme allowed, in foreign policy, for “adjustment to the New Order devised by the Axis Powers,” but only in so far as this was compatible with Hungarism.
1956, Carlile Aylmer Macartney, October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary, 1929–1945, volume 1, page 434Synonyms: Hungarianism
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe fascist ideology of the Nazi-aligned Arrow Cross Party, which ruled Hungary from 1944 to 1945, and of its predecessors and subsequent far-right supporters.
Origin
- Hungarianhungarizmus
- EnglishHungarism
Borrowed from Hungarian hungarizmus, from Hungária + -izmus. By surface analysis, Hungary + -ism.
More words from Hungarian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French hungarisme
- hungarismefascist movement
German Hungarismus
- Hungarismusfascist movement
Hungarian hungarizmus
- hungarizmusfascist movement
Italian ungarismo
- ungarismofascist movement
Spanish hungarismo
- hungarismofascist movement
Cite this entry
Hungarism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hungarism
“Hungarism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hungarism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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