sinarchism

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A form of Sinarquism — A fascist movement in Mexico during the 1930s and 1940s, with links to the Nazis and the Falangists as well as to the Catholic church.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

sinarchism1

nounsinarchism (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Sinarquism.

    The same way with sinarchism — he revolted against the thought of a protector.

    1949, Cornelia Sussman, Teach the Angry Spirit, page 247
    2 more examples

    The peasants, the best men of my country, live in contact with the sweet, rough, fertile land of Mexico: those who live in contact with the rain, under the clear skies, these give impulse and life to sinarchism.

    1969, Ghița Ionescu, Ernest Gellner, Populism: its meaning and national characteristics, page 45

    Peasants of Mexico: Come to sinarchism, the movement of the men from the fields, the movement of those who love the land and defend it and with it defend the Fatherland.

    2017, José Orozco, Receive Our Memories: The Letters of Luz Moreno, 1950-1952, →ISBN

Sinarchism2

nounSinarchism (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Sinarquism.

    Sinarchism has been called a form of Mexican fascism.

    1943, Sociology and Social Research - Volume 28, page 62
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    Sinarchism in Mexico actually came into being when the successive revolutionary convulsions had at last produced revolutionary forces united and strong enough to carry out a practical and constructive policy.

    1944, Trade Union World - Issues 1-11, page 19

    Torres Bueno declared that the UNS regards as "deplorable equivocation" the confounding of Sinarchism with the Spanish Falange and the Nazi Party and emphasized its Christian and Democratic fundamentals which are apart from any movement of the totalitarian type.

    1949, Louis John Bitterlin, The Political Tenets of Sinarquismo, page 10
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