Fascistized

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have been transformed by or influenced with authoritarian or dictatorial principles ; to undergo a change that imposes strict obedience to centralized control and suppression of opposition ; to be altered to reflect the ideologies or practices characteristic of a totalitarian regime
2. Experiencing a process of becoming governed by or adopting the oppressive and nationalistic policies associated with dictatorial rule ; subjected to an environment dominated by rigid hierarchy and curtailed freedoms ; altered to embody the tenets of an authoritarian political system
3. Having been subjected to the imposition of autocratic governance marked by extreme nationalist controls ; changed in nature to conform to oppressive and undemocratic standards ; influenced to adopt or mirror the methods and doctrines typical of despotic and tyrannical regimes

Etymology: "Fascistized" is the past tense and past participle of "fascistize", which is formed from "fascist" and the suffix "-ize", meaning to make or cause something to become a certain thing. The verb therefore describes something that has been brought under fascist control or made to conform to fascist ideas and methods. The base word "fascist" comes from Italian "fascista", derived from "fascio", a bundle or group, from Latin "fascis", a bundle of rods. The name was adopted by Benito Mussolini's movement in Italy after the First World War, and the sense of bundled rods, a symbol of authority in ancient Rome, gave the movement its emblem. Used in English, the verb usually describes a political system, institution, or society that has been reshaped along authoritarian lines.

Synonyms: totalitarianized, authoritarianized, dictatorialized

Antonyms: democratized, liberalized, freed