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  • adjective Opposed to the tenets of fascism.
  • noun A person opposed to the tenets of fascism.

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Examples

  • 109 However, once Paxton decided to write the screenplay around the conventions of the police procedural, Finlay usurps Keeley as the film's main antifascist agent and he, rather than Keeley, becomes responsible for bringing Monty to justice.

    Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

  • 26In many ways Warner Bros. was the logical studio to take the lead in antifascist filmmaking.

    Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007

  • The soi-disant "antifascist" Western elites have veered so far into a delusional dreamscape that they themselves have become enablers of open Socialist fascism acting as a pathfinder for its Islamic kin.

    The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2010

  • There are some clueless "antifascist" groups - attached to extreme Left political groups - which believe that rioting in the streets is the best way to fight the thugs and hooligans of the BNP.

    Harry's Place 2009

  • They were guided often by antifascist Italian soldiers and civilians from the Salerno area, whom the OSS men hired on the spot.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • On July 29, Cohen and two antifascist Spaniards Downes had recruited sneaked into the embassy at 10:30 p.m.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • They are bringing fascism to this country and selling it as antifascist.

    Obama calls for civil debate, takes shots at critics 2010

  • Count Carlo Sforza, an aristocratic Italian antifascist and occasional Ickes dinner partner, became an informant.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • As assistant in charge of the Archive of American Folk Song, the 25-year-old Lomax had ambitious plans for serving the cause, such as publishing songbooks for draftees at military camps and arranging antifascist war ballads for marching bands and pop singers, even recording conscripts with musical talent.

    The Catcher of Songs Eddie Dean 2011

  • Searchlight, a U.K. antifascist group, this week published what it says is evidence of online exchanges between Mr. Breivik and supporters of the far-right English Defence League.

    Europe's Far-Right Parties Go on Defensive John W. Miller 2011

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