fascistization

F4A1S1C3I1S1T1I1Z10A1T1I1O1N1

noun

The process of making or becoming fascist.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

nounfascistization (uncountable)

alternative fascistisation

  1. uncountablefascismThe process of making or becoming fascist.

    Felter Sartori’s colonial travelogue marks an important moment in the process of fascistization of Italian colonial discourse in general and of women’s discursive practice in particular.

    2005, Cristina Lombardi‐Diop, “Pioneering Female Modernity: Fascist Women in Colonial Africa”, in Ruth Ben‐Ghiat, Mia Fuller, editors, Italian Colonialism, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 151
    1 more example

    This rupture emerged through a challenge to the status quo on a global scale and was followed by the fascistization of the Japanese polity through the incorporation of new forms of corporatism, militarism, and authoritarianism, as suggested by the ‘rejectionists’, but whose sum went well beyond any single one of these features.

    2017 June 8, Louise Young, “When fascism met empire in Japanese-occupied Manchuria*”, in Journal of Global History, volume 12, number 2, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, page 279

    Antonyms: defascistization

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe process of making or becoming fascist.

Origin

Translations

French fascisation
  • fascisationprocess of becoming fascist
Italian fascistizzazione
  • fascistizzazioneprocess of becoming fascist
Portuguese fascistização
  • fascistizaçãoprocess of becoming fascist
Spanish fascistización
  • fascistizaciónprocess of becoming fascist
Cite this entry
APA

fascistization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fascistization

MLA

“fascistization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fascistization. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fascistization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fascistization.

Source: fascistization on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.