As nouns the difference between fascism and dictatorship
is that
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 while
dictatorship is a type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
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
dictatorship
Noun
(
en noun)
A type of government where absolute sovereignty is allotted to an individual or a small clique.
A government which exercises autocratic rule.
Derived terms
* dictatorship of the majority
Synonyms
*autocracy 
