Meaning of protofascist | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One whose beliefs resembled fascism before the founding of fascism in 1919.
   historical
2. One whose opinions or policies show the beginnings of fascism.
   derogatory

Examples

“The Social Darwinists are sometimes considered protofascists.”

“That congressman is a protofascist.”

“Along with stereotype-mongering phrases like “redneck America's life in the electronic theme park,” he occasionally reduces his countrymen to mindless proto-fascists.”

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