Meanings
comparative more fascistoid · superlative most fascistoid
- Resembling fascism.
In sum, we ought to realise that our enthusiasm for sports heroes is fascistoid in nature.
2002, Claudio Tamburrini, Torbjörn Tännsjö, Values in Sport: Elitism, Nationalism, Gender Equality and the Scientific Manufacturing of Winners1 more example
We must now be prepared, too, for that Puritan reaction here, which seems to accompany all Fascistoid movements.
5 September 1936, Geoffrey Pyke, “Politics and Witchcraft”, in The New Statesman, volume 12Synonyms: fascistic
plural fascistoids
- A person who holds fascistoid views.
The modern fascistoids employ terribly violent language, with often tragic and murderous consequences, but they do not stage invasions and do not really aim at war.
2021, Harold James, “Globalization and Its Neologisms”, in The War of Words: A Glossary of Globalization, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 236
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResembling fascism.
Origin
From fascist + -oid. First attested in an article by Geoffrey Pyke in The New Statesman on 5 September 1936.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan feixistoide
- feixistoideResembling fascism
French fascistoïde
- fascistoïdeResembling fascism
German faschistoid
- faschistoidResembling fascism
Greek φασιστοειδής, φασιστοειδές
- φασιστοειδής (fasistoeidís)Resembling fascism
- φασιστοειδές (fasistoeidés)Person who holds fascistoid views
Italian fascistoide
- fascistoideResembling fascism
Spanish fascistoide
- fascistoideResembling fascism
Swedish fascistoid
- fascistoidResembling fascism
Cite this entry
fascistoid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fascistoid
“fascistoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fascistoid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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