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In some senses, protofascist is marked as derogatory, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
protofascist
noun 2adj 1
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2ADJ.
all, over
PROTOFASCIST + NOUN
beliefs, comrades
Definitions
adj
1
Showing the beginnings of fascism.
Even Lemon, for all her protofascist beliefs, wins our sympathy.
When Newt Gingrich and his protofascist comrades took over Congress in 1994, they sneeringly boasted that they intended to take the federal government back to the 1920s.
noun
1
One whose beliefs resembled fascism before the founding of fascism in 1919.
The Social Darwinists are sometimes considered protofascists.
2
One whose opinions or policies show the beginnings of fascism.
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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Even Lemon, for all her protofascist beliefs, wins our sympathy.
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When Newt Gingrich and his protofascist comrades took over Congress in 1994, they sneeringly boasted that they intended to take the federal government back to the 1920s.
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The Social Darwinists are sometimes considered protofascists.
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That congressman is a protofascist.
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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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