Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural The members of an Italian political organization that controlled Italy under the fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini from 1922 to 1943.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, pl. of fascista, fascist; see fascist.]

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  • Date: 1921 1 often capitalized: a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

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  • According to Webster's Fascism: political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.

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  • They were wearing the black uniform of the Fascisti, the government police.

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  • They were wearing the black uniform of the Fascisti, the government police.

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  • Fascisti su Marte, a 2006 Italian political satire

    Archive 2009-11-01 Paul 2009

  • Essentially the work of popular Italian satirist Corrado Guzzanti, Fascisti su Marte Fascists on Mars imagines a 1939 expedition to Mars in which a group of followers of Benito Mussolini attempt to turn the Red Planet to Fascist black.

    Fascisti su Marte, a 2006 Italian political satire Paul 2009

  • Fascisti su Marte, a 2006 Italian political satire

    Fascisti su Marte, a 2006 Italian political satire Paul 2009

  • Originally developed in 2002 as a skit for Italian television, Fascisti su Marte was expanded to more than 100 minutes and screened at the 2006 Rome Film Festival.

    Fascisti su Marte, a 2006 Italian political satire Paul 2009

  • Essentially the work of popular Italian satirist Corrado Guzzanti, Fascisti su Marte Fascists on Mars imagines a 1939 expedition to Mars in which a group of followers of Benito Mussolini attempt to turn the Red Planet to Fascist black.

    Archive 2009-11-01 Paul 2009

  • Marooned - Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror books on Mars: Fascisti su Marte, a 2006 Italian political satire

    Fascisti su Marte, a 2006 Italian political satire Paul 2009

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