fascism [fáshizəm] or Fascism [fáshizəm]
n
dictatorial movement: any movement, tendency, or ideology that favours dictatorial government, centralized control of private enterprise, repression of all opposition, and extreme nationalism


[Early 20th century. From Italian fascismo , from fascio (see Fascist).]
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fascism [fáshizəm] or Fascism [fáshizəm]
n
dictatorial movement: any movement, tendency, or ideology that favours dictatorial government, centralized control of private enterprise, repression of all opposition, and extreme nationalism

communism [kómmynizəm]
n
classless political system: the political theory or system in which all property and wealth is owned in a classless society by all the members of a community


[Mid-19th century. From French communisme , from commun ‘common’, from Latin communis (see common).]
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Communism [kómmynizəm]
n
1. Communism
communism
Marxist-Leninist system: the Marxist-Leninist version of a classless society in which capitalism is overthrown by a working-class revolution that gives ownership and control of wealth and property to the state
2. one-party state: any system of government in which a single, usually totalitarian, party holds power, and the state controls the economy


[Mid-19th century. From French communisme , from commun ‘common’, from Latin communis (see common).]
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