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Fascism vs Neoliberalism - What's the difference?

fascism | neoliberalism |

As nouns the difference between fascism and neoliberalism

is that fascism is while neoliberalism is a political movement that espouses economic liberalism as a means of promoting economic development and securing political liberty.

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

    neoliberalism

    English

    (wikipedia neoliberalism)

    Noun

    (-)
  • A political movement that espouses economic liberalism as a means of promoting economic development and securing political liberty.

    • Derived terms

    * neoliberal * neoliberalist * neoliberalistic * neoliberally