# fascist

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈfæʃɪst/ · frequency rank #9,747

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to fascism.
2. Supporting the principles of fascism.
3. Unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.

## Etymology
1921, from Italian fascista, from fascio (“bundle, bunch”), in use metonymically for "group of men organized for political purposes" since 1895. Ultimately with reference to the fasces or bundles of axes and rods carried before the magistrates of ancient Rome in token of their power of life and death.

## Easily confused with
- **fastest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fascist-vs-fastest)
- **fascia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fascia-vs-fascist)
- **fascism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fascism-vs-fascist)

## Common misspellings (11)
`afscist`, `facsist`, `fasccist`, `fascisst`, `fascistt`, `fascits`, `fascsit`, `fasicst`, `fasscist`, `ffascist`, `fsacist`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fascist