How to say "fascist" in Japanese

• ファシストCommon
  nounCovers 'fascist' as a person with fascist beliefs, or figuratively someone seen as authoritarian. This is the straightforward word when you want to call someone a fascist.
• ファッショCommon
  nounPrimarily means 'fascism' (the ideology or movement), and only secondarily a fascist person. For the person, ファシスト is usually the word you want; ファッショ is really about the ideology itself.

For a person holding fascist views, 「ファシスト」 is the direct, everyday word; 「ファッショ」, whose core sense is 'fascism', can also denote a fascist but is less precise, so prefer 「ファシスト」.

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• ファシストfascist
• ファッショfascism