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
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
Martha Gellhorn
anti-fascism
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
Robert Katz
Examples of anti-fascist in a Sentence
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Black Americans in the Popular Front against Fascism The era of anti-fascist struggle was a crucial moment for Black radicals of all stripes.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
These illiberal tactics, however, attracted widespread condemnation, above all from militant anti-fascists like Matteotti and his left-wing colleagues in the Chamber.
—Amy King & Brian J Griffith / Made By History, TIME, 14 June 2024
The two left Milan on April 25 but only made it about 45 miles north to Dongo before they were captured by local anti-fascist partisans on April 27.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2024
Over the afternoon, the anti-fascists approached and violently confronted the protesters, spraying some with pepper spray and assaulting others.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024
The story of Civil War’s America is being told in images that begs these questions, but what isn’t left up to question is that the film is inherently anti-fascist.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
His father, an anti-fascist who is thought to have been a mine surveyor, was shot by the Nazi forces when Cavalli was just three years old.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
Certainly, there are multiple members of these groups and people who are certainly on the other side of the political equation to these anti-fascists who are very clearly caught on camera committing crimes who have never been charged.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Leading up to, and during, the social justice uprisings following the murder of George Floyd, Lightfoot became fascinated by the anti-fascist movement, Hamasaki said.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
These illiberal tactics, however, attracted widespread condemnation, above all from militant anti-fascists like Matteotti and his left-wing colleagues in the Chamber.
—Amy King & Brian J Griffith / Made By History, TIME, 14 June 2024
The two left Milan on April 25 but only made it about 45 miles north to Dongo before they were captured by local anti-fascist partisans on April 27.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2024
Over the afternoon, the anti-fascists approached and violently confronted the protesters, spraying some with pepper spray and assaulting others.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 4 May 2024
The story of Civil War’s America is being told in images that begs these questions, but what isn’t left up to question is that the film is inherently anti-fascist.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
His father, an anti-fascist who is thought to have been a mine surveyor, was shot by the Nazi forces when Cavalli was just three years old.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
Certainly, there are multiple members of these groups and people who are certainly on the other side of the political equation to these anti-fascists who are very clearly caught on camera committing crimes who have never been charged.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Leading up to, and during, the social justice uprisings following the murder of George Floyd, Lightfoot became fascinated by the anti-fascist movement, Hamasaki said.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
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