An Italian word for a fascist, or a member of a fascist political movement, particularly in Italy.
Italian, directly from 'fascismo.' The term was used in Italian to describe members of Mussolini's National Fascist Party, founded in 1921.
The word 'fascista' entered English when journalists reported on Mussolini's rise, making it one of the few political ideology terms we borrowed directly from another language, showing how new and shocking the movement seemed at the time.
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