Antifascist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Antifascist is an adjective meaning Opposed to the tenets of fascism; antifa.
Meaning
Opposed to the tenets of fascism; antifa.
More Meanings
- A person opposed to the tenets of fascism.
Example Sentences
After the AA/BO split in 2001, Antifas continued to work locally and regionally as dedicated networks of antifascists opposing far-right demonstrations and gatherings, though many also take up other left-wing issues and causes.
Subsequently, the GDR’s antifascist tradition would be diluted, distorted, and refashioned into an ahistorical national origins myth in which the citizens of East Germany were officially proclaimed the “victors of history,” but where little space remained for the real and complicated history, not to mention ambivalent role of Stalinized Communism, behind it.
Word Forms
- anti-fascist
- antifascists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fascism, anti-fascist, antifa, antifaith, antifreedom, anti-antifeminist.
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