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To: TigerPaw who wrote (439362)	8/7/2003 11:47:38 AM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Well, my Websters Dictionary: the Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language - c. 1989 - does not have your definition of fascism. Maybe you are using a pocket dictionary. re:"You need to take that up with Webster."

To: TigerPaw who wrote (439362)	8/7/2003 12:05:29 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

This is what the Merriam Webster on- line dictionary has: Main Entry: fas·cism Pronunciation: 'fa-"shi-z&m also 'fa-"si- Function: noun Etymology: Italian fascismo, from fascio bundle, fasces, group, from Latin fascis bundle & fasces fasces Date: 1921 1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition 2 : a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control <early instances of army fascism and brutality -- J. W. Aldridge> m-w.com