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

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

The screenplay even pays tribute to the island’s anti-fascist heritage with an elderly, trigger-happy partisan shooting from her balcony and singing Communist songs with the Mayor. —Alissa Simon, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024

However, a series of counter-protests helmed by thousands of anti-fascist protestors took place instead, leading to this sea of wonderful newspaper front pages from across the political spectrum and a feeling that the best of humanity had won out. —Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above