Dictionary

para-fascism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpɛɹəˈfæʃˌɪzəm/ (General-American)
• /ˌpæɹəˈfæʃɪz(ə)m/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From para- (prefix meaning ‘alongside, beside’) + fascism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices.
   • Portugal, Austria, Greece, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, the Baltic States, all provide examples of this Ersatz fascism, or what might be termed 'para-fascism'. 1996, Gunter Berghaus, Günter Berghaus, Fascism and Theatre: Comparative Studies on the Aesthetics and Politics of Performance in Europe, 1925-1945, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 19:
   • It is perhaps too early to say how Spanish para-fascism differed from (national-) Catholicism in its treatment of the foreign. 2010 October 27, C. Rundle, K. Sturge, Translation Under Fascism, Springer, →ISBN, page 113:

Forms

Deriveds

para-fascist

Synonyms

pseudo-fascism · semi-fascism

Translations (6)

it parafascismo (social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices) · pt parafascismo (social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices) · fr parafascisme (social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices) · gl parafascismo (social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices) · es parafascismo (social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices) · ru парафаши́зм (social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices)