anti-fascism

noun

"anti-fascism" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“anti-fascism” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The opposition to fascist ideologies, organizations, governments and people.

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Index EN-anti-fascism · anti-fascism · English

anti-fascism · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for anti-fascism
PropertyValue
Headwordanti-fascism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “anti-fascism” in English

anti-fascismsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

anti-fascism is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The opposition to fascist ideologies, organizations, governments and people.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for anti-fascism, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + fascism. The correct English form is anti-fascism, spelled A-N-T-I---F-A-S-C-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    The opposition to fascist ideologies, organizations, governments and people.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how anti-fascism appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Art and anti-fascism are synonymous.

Etymology

From anti- + fascism.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "anti-fascism"?
"anti-fascism" is spelled A-N-T-I---F-A-S-C-I-S-M.
What does "anti-fascism" mean?
As a noun, "anti-fascism" means: The opposition to fascist ideologies, organizations, governments and people.
What is the origin of the word "anti-fascism"?
From anti- + fascism. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list