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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A person whose fascist views or motives are kept private or secret..
The American people will no longer retreat from “crypto-fascists” attacking their civil liberties, but will stand and fight for basic democracy, Senator Claude Pepper, Democrat, of Florida, declared yesterday at the closing session of the conference on cultural freedom and civil liberties at the Hotel Commodore.
He also provides the helpful service of describing the contents of such cryptofascist films as Chuck Norris's “Invasion U.S.A.,” sparing the reader the ordeal of actually having to watch them.
Use crypto-fascist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Crypto-fascist means A person whose fascist views or motives are kept private or secret..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The American people will no longer retreat from “crypto-fascists” attacking their civil liberties, but will stand and fight for basic democracy, Senator Claude Pepper, Democrat, of Florida, declared yesterday at the closing session of the conference on cultural freedom and civil liberties at the Hotel Commodore.
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