antifascism

noun

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

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opposition to fascism

Corpus desk

Index EN-antifascism · antifascism · English

antifascism · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 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 antifascism
PropertyValue
Headwordantifascism
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “antifascism” in English

antifascismranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

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

Rare enough to double-check

antifascism is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Opposition to fascism".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for antifascism, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    Opposition to fascism

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In fostering a politics that linked antifascism abroad with antiracism at home, the “radical left” (including but not restricted to Communists) thus “redefined the debate over white supremacy and hastened its end.”

Etymology

From anti- + fascism.

Synonyms

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 "antifascism"?
"antifascism" is spelled A-N-T-I-F-A-S-C-I-S-M.
What does "antifascism" mean?
As a noun, "antifascism" means: Opposition to fascism
What is the origin of the word "antifascism"?
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