Fascist
/ˈfæʃ.ɪst/noun
A person who supports or belongs to a fascist political movement or regime.
Did you know?Fascist symbolism drew on the Roman fasces, a bundle of rods carried by officials as a sign of legal authority, sometimes with an axe representing the power to punish.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Latin
Latin
fasces
“A bundle of rods, traditionally carried by Roman lictors before magistrates as a symbol of authority.”
Classical Latin
Latin
fascis
“A bundle or pack, especially a bound bundle of sticks.”
14th Century
English
fascis
“A learned English borrowing referring to the Roman bundle of rods.”
Late 19th Century
Italian
fascio
“A bundle; also an organized political group or league.”
1890s–1910s
Italian
fasci
“Political leagues or groups, invoking solidarity and the Roman fasces.”
1919
Italian
fascista
“A member or supporter of Benito Mussolini’s Fasci Italiani di Combattimento.”
1920s
English
fascist
“A follower of fascism, later used more broadly for an authoritarian ultranationalist.”