fascist

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* By Olbermann's definition, Barney Frank should be called a fascist*.

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  1. noun An advocate or adherent of fascism.
  2. noun A reactionary or dictatorial person.
  3. adjective Of, advocating, or practicing fascism.

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  • Over 200 top American economists, including Nobel prize winning men, are opposed to this 'bailout', which would be better characterized as a fascist coup. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • I mean, folks get upset when Bush gets called a fascist, and in his case the shoe kind of does fit. —  alternative hippopotamus
  • Padilha: "To call the film fascist is to ignore what the word fascist means." —  GreenCine Daily
  • If you actually looked up the term fascist, socialist and Marxist, you would find that more closely describes the current leadership in the White House now. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • Following the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II and the publicity surrounding the atrocities committed during the period of fascist governments, the term fascist has been used as a pejorative word, particularly against people with right-wing politics. —  Think Progress
 

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  1. Italian fascista, from fascio, group; see fascism.
 

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