(fash′iz·əm) noun
Any authoritarian, anti–democratic, anti–communist system of government in which economic control by the state, militaristic nationalism, propaganda, and the crushing of opposition by means of secret police emphasize the supremacy of the state over the individual. [<Ital. fascismo <fascio political club <L fascis a bundle]
—fas′cist noun
—fa·scis′tic adjective
—fa·scis′ti·cal·ly adverb

(fash′iz·əm) noun
The system of one–party government, developed by the Fascisti in Italy, which exercised a centralized autocratic control over the activities of all individuals, especially through the economic agency of state corporations.