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Fascism vs Communist - What's the difference?

fascism | communist |

As nouns the difference between fascism and communist

is that fascism is while communist is a member of a (nominally) communist party.

As an adjective communist is

relating to a (nominally) communist party.

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

    External links

    * ("fascism" on Wikipedia) English words suffixed with -ism

    communist

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
  • (nonstandard) Any revolutionary or subversive radical.