Meanings
nounsocial fascism (uncountable)
alternative social-fascist
- derogatoryuncountablefar-left politicssocial democracy
Origin
- Russianсоциал-фашизм
- GermanSozialfaschismus
- Englishsocial fascism
Calque of German Sozialfaschismus and/or Russian социал-фашизм (social-fašizm), terms that gained currency during the Weimar years.
More words from German, Russian
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Dutch sociaal-fascisme
- sociaal-fascismederogatory Communist term for social democracy
German Sozialfaschismus
- Sozialfaschismusderogatory Communist term for social democracy
Hungarian szociálfasizmus
- szociálfasizmusderogatory Communist term for social democracy
Russian социал-фашизм
- социал-фашизм (social-fašizm)derogatory Communist term for social democracy
Swedish socialfascism
- socialfascismderogatory Communist term for social democracy
Turkish sosyal faşizm
- sosyal faşizmderogatory Communist term for social democracy
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