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Posted by gustav at 06:01AM, Friday, December 05th, 2003

Words

A walk through the dictionary, with help from the world wide web.

Fascism:

a. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent
nationalism and racism.

b. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
Oppressive, dictatorial control.

Source: The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright Š 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Nationalism:

the conviction that the culture and interests of your nation are superior to those of any other nation

Source: WordNet Ž 1.6, Š 1997 Princeton University

Dictator:

n 1: someone who rules unconstrained by law [syn: potentate]
2: behaves like a tyrant

Source: WordNet Ž 1.6, Š 1997 Princeton University

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