anti-fascist

adjective

an·​ti-fas·​cist ˌan-tē-ˈfa-shist 

ˌan-tī-,

 also  -sist

variants or less commonly anti-Fascist or antifascist

: opposed to fascism

anti-fascist protesters

… the film suggests a counterculture version of the anti-fascist thrillers of the forties.

—The New Yorker

anti-fascist noun

or less commonly anti-Fascist or antifascist

Those few weeks turned me into a devout anti-fascist.

—Martha Gellhorn

anti-fascism

ˌan-tē-ˈfa-ˌshi-zəm 

ˌan-tī-

 also  -ˈfa-ˌsi-

noun

or less commonly anti-Fascism or antifascism

They were united only by their anti-Fascism and their contempt for Badoglio and the King.

—Robert Katz

Examples of anti-fascist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even the most naked acts of aggression – of which Putin’s ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine is the most egregious example – brands itself, not as imperial, but as anti-fascist. —Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024

Bedknobs is also, lo and behold, an explicitly anti-fascist movie: Eglantine, a staunch supporter of the war effort, magically animates antique arms and armor housed in a museum to fight off literal Nazis. —Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024

Although their welcome was not as warm as in Mexico — football was less popular in the United States — Barca were once again seen as ambassadors of the anti-fascist resistance. —Laia Cervelló Herrero, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024

This was the name of an anti-fascist and anti-xenophobic group operating in Turin in the early 2000s. —Manuel Borja-Villel, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above