religio-fascist

A form of religiofascist — A hardline religious conservative.

Meanings

nounreligio-fascist (plural religio-fascists)

plural religio-fascists

  1. alternativeAlternative form of religiofascist.

    Tens of millions of people tuned in and religio-fascists fulminated from every pulpit.

    2011, Kamila Shamsie, “Pop Idols”, in Granta, number 112, unnumbered page
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    The Christian or Muslim religio-fascist, for example, envisions a world in which individualism has faded, degeneracy has been ruthlessly eliminated, discipline is absolute, and the state is the embodiment of the one Truth.

    2010, Jim Kenney, Thriving in the Crosscurrent: Clarity and Hope in a Time of Cultural Sea Change, Quest Books, →ISBN, page 161

    "My dad taught me never to be a good Indian. That's what they want – good Indians. Lobotomized in their religio-fascist schools."

    2011, William Deverell, I'll See You in My Dreams, McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN, page 62
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