As nouns the difference between autocracy and fascism
is that
autocracy is a form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual while
fascism is a political regime, having totalitarian aspirations, ideologically based on a relationship between business and the centralized government, business-and-government control of the market place, repression of criticism or opposition, a leader cult and exalting the state and/or religion above individual rights. Originally only applied (usually capitalized) to
Benito Mussolini's Italy.
autocracy
Noun
(autocracies)
A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.
Synonyms
* bigmanism
* despotism
* dictatorship
* monarchy
* tyranny
Related terms
* autocrat
* autocratic
* autocratically
Hypernyms
* totalitarianism
fascism
English
Noun
(en-noun)
(historical) A political regime, having totalitarian aspirations, ideologically based on a relationship between business and the centralized government, business-and-government control of the market place, repression of criticism or opposition, a leader cult and exalting the state and/or religion above individual rights. Originally only applied (usually capitalized) to (Benito Mussolini)'s Italy.
By vague analogy, any system of strong autocracy or oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law, race-baiting and violence against largely unarmed populations.
Derived terms
* anti-fascism
* fascist, fascistic, fascistically
* fascistoid
* Islamofascism, Islamic fascism
* neofascism
* technofascism
Antonyms
* Anti-fascism
See also
* authoritarianism
* Blackshirt
* Brownshirt
* Nazism, Naziism, National Socialism
* totalitarianism
