Bigotry vs Fascism - What's the difference?
bigotry | fascism |
Intolerance or prejudice, especially religious or racial; discrimination (against); the characteristic qualities of a bigot.
(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.
As nouns the difference between bigotry and fascism
is that bigotry is intolerance or prejudice, especially religious or racial; discrimination (against); the characteristic qualities of a bigot while fascism is .bigotry
English
Noun
(bigotries)- Members of the Ku Klux Klan practiced extreme bigotry .