prefascist

alternative pre-fascist

1. not comparablePrior to fascism.First known use 20th c.

   In the political life of prefascist Italy personal relationships were more important than group ideals or programs of cooperative action.

   1945 December 28, American Historical Association, “From “Geographical Expression” to European Power”, in What is the Future of Italy?, Washington 25, D.C.: War Department, page 5

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   To anticipate the discussion, I believe that the Moorian and Weberian arguments are quite convincing as descriptions of the social and political structure of prefascist Germany.

   2019, Dylan Riley, chapter 5, in The Civic Foundations of Fascism in Europe: Italy, Spain, and Romania, 1870–1945, New York: Verso, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 181

   Antonyms: postfascist

plural prefascists · alternative pre-fascist

1. historicalA person with leanings or beliefs resembling fascism prior to the founding of fascism in 1919.First known use 20th c.

   Synonyms: protofascist