Definition of "fascist"

fascist

/ˈfæʃɪst/

adjective
comparative more fascist, superlative most fascist
1. Of or relating to fascism.
2. Supporting the principles of fascism.
  Quotations
  Under demagogues such as Donald Trump in the U.S., Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Recep Erdoğan in Turkey, Narendra Modi in India and Viktor Orbán in Hungary, a moral abyss has emerged in which state violence, widespread repression and a surge of lawlessness against those considered disposable have become the hallmark of an updated fascist politics.
  2020 March 2, Henry A. Giroux, “Auschwitz Survivors Don’t Want Their Past to Be Their Grandchildren’s Future”, in Truthout‎
3. (informal) Unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
noun
plural fascists
1. A proponent of fascism.
  Quotations
  [I]f I can shoot rabbits / Then I can shoot fascists.
  1998, “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next”, in This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours, performed by Manic Street Preachers
  Thursday's long-awaited relocation fulfils a key pledge of the socialist government, which said Spain should not continue to glorify a fascist who ruled the country for nearly four decades.
  2019 October 24, “Franco exhumation: Spanish dictator's remains moved”, in BBC News‎