To: MEG33
bit out of touch with our fight against Islamofacism. What does the word "fascism" mean?
23 posted on
03/08/2003 10:51:08 AM PST by
AdamSelene235
(Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear.)
To: AdamSelene235
Fascism is oppressive, dictatorial control. Islamofascism wishes to impose sharia,Taliban like rule over the whole world.
30 posted on
03/08/2003 11:03:33 AM PST by
MEG33
To: AdamSelene235
What does the word "fascism" mean? 1: often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control
179 posted on
03/08/2003 4:53:37 PM PST by
aeronca
To: AdamSelene235
fascism
SYLLABICATION: fas·cism
PRONUNCIATION: fshzm
NOUN: 1. often Fascism a. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism. b. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government. 2. Oppressive, dictatorial control.
ETYMOLOGY: Italian fascismo, from fascio, group, from Late Latin fascium, from Latin fascis, bundle.
OTHER FORMS: fas·cistic (f-shstk) ADJECTIVE
WORD HISTORY: It is fitting that the name of an authoritarian political movement like Fascism, founded in 1919 by Benito Mussolini, should come from the name of a symbol of authority. The Italian name of the movement, fascismo, is derived from fascio, bundle, (political) group, but also refers to the movement's emblem, the fasces, a bundle of rods bound around a projecting axe-head that was carried before an ancient Roman magistrate by an attendant as a symbol of authority and power. The name of Mussolini's group of revolutionaries was soon used for similar nationalistic movements in other countries that sought to gain power through violence and ruthlessness, such as National Socialism.
195 posted on
03/08/2003 8:15:09 PM PST by
ez
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