para-fascism
Definitions
A social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices.
Equivalents
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Examples
“Portugal, Austria, Greece, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, the Baltic States, all provide⟳ examples of this Ersatz fascism, or what might be termed 'para-fascism'.”
“It is perhaps too early to say⟳ how Spanish para-fascism differed from (national-) Catholicism in its treatment of the foreign.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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