How to Use fascism in a Sentence

fascism

noun
  • This is the thing about fascism, right?
    — Helen Molesworth, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Gilead is on the rise, just like in this world where fascism is on the rise.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Nov. 2022
  • An apple cider a day keeps the fascism away, right?
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • That is how fascism works in business.
    — EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The story deals with arson as a metaphor for the rise of fascism.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Jan. 2022
  • But in at least a few key areas, the fascism label doesn't fit.
    — Leslie Gornstein, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2020
  • And the focus of this production changed more to how fascism was on the rise again.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
  • The monarchy faced threats from communism on the left and fascism on the right.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 30 July 2021
  • This is the way fascism takes hold, regardless of how the sides are defined.
    — Ken Kalfus, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Not with these neighbors and fascism on the rise again around Europe and the world.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The British feared that the rise of global fascism might lead to the outbreak of war.
    — Time, 12 Apr. 2025
  • First, the real threat of fascism, which cannot be overstated.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
  • The game has been interpreted as a satire of fascism.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The game has been interpreted as a satire of fascism.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Speakers also called on the crowd to fight fascism and stand up for women’s and trans rights.
    — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Those all feel a little like antidotes to fascism.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The Boomers are out there marching against a fascism that doesn't exist, rather than wars that do.
    — Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
  • This is the way the normalization of fascism and mass murder works, the film tells us.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Students learn about the rise of fascism and Nazism in Europe.
    — Lauren Lumpkin, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Studio was the defining moment for the social fascism of that era.
    — Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2018
  • That is the path to illiberalism; there lies the road to fascism.
    — Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Taking on fascism isn’t right for every program.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • Democrats like to hurl around the charge of fascism at Republicans.
    — Walter E Block, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2025
  • In the largest stadium in the city that gave rise to the Nazis, fascism no longer is a problem.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021
  • While the groups are not officially linked, many of them share the same goals – to stop modern day fascism.
    — Monika Rębała, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2020
  • This sense of process—that fascism is a living thing and not some page copied out of a history book—is useful.
    — Katie McDonough, The New Republic, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Where is Clooney's passionate op-ed about fascism taking root?
    — Christopher Bouzy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But the real monsters in this film are human, as fascism and war hover in the background of the tale.
    — Katie Rife, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Watching the tentacles of fascism spread like wildfire is hard.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026

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