prefascist
/priˈfæʃɪst/
adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of a period or conditions that precede the rise of fascism.
- The country's prefascist government was unstable and divided.
- Historians study the prefascist era to understand how authoritarian movements gain power.
- Many prefascist ideas about nationalism were already present in public discourse.
Antonyms
noun
- A person who supports or embodies ideas that are seen as leading to fascism.
- The group was dismissed as prefascists by mainstream commentators.
- Some critics called the politician a prefascist because of his extreme nationalist rhetoric.
- He argued that the movement's leaders were not true fascists but prefascists.