As nouns the difference between patriotism and fascism
is that
patriotism is love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country 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.
patriotism
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Noun
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Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country,
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The desire to compete with other nations; nationalism.
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Synonyms
* (love of country) nationalism
* (nationalism) jingoism, chauvinism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism
Derived terms
* matriotism
* "patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels"
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
