neofascism

Dictionary: ne·o·fas·cism (nē'ō-făsh'ĭz'əm) pronunciation

n.
A movement inspired by the tenets and methods of fascism or Nazism.

neofascist ne'o·fas'cist adj. & n.

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: neofascism

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Political philosophy and movement that arose in Europe in the decades following World War II. Like earlier fascist movements, neofascism advocated extreme nationalism, opposed liberal individualism, attacked Marxist and other left-wing ideologies, indulged in racist and xenophobic scapegoating, and promoted populist right-wing economic programs. Unlike the fascists, however, neofascists placed more blame for their countries' problems on non-European immigrants than on leftists and Jews, displayed little interest in taking lebensraum (German: "living space") through the military conquest of other states, and made concerted efforts to portray themselves as democratic and "mainstream." The National Front in France, led by Jean-Marie Le Pen, and the Liberal-Democratic Party in Russia, led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky, are often cited as neofascist.

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Translations: Neo-fascism

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nyfascisme

Français (French)
n. - néo-fascisme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Neofaschismus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νεοφασισμός

Italiano (Italian)
neofascismo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - neofascismo (m)

Русский (Russian)
неофашизм

Español (Spanish)
n. - neofascismo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nyfascism

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
新法西斯主义

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 新法西斯主義

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 신국수주의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ネオファシズム

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נאו-פשיזם‬

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