para-fascism UK /ˌpæɹəˈfæʃɪz(ə)m/US /ˌpɛɹəˈfæʃˌɪzəm/ noun1 •A social order giving off impressions of being dynamically fascist and populist, but trying to abstain from its most radical practices.Portugal, Austria, Greece, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, the Baltic States, all provide examples of this Ersatz fascism, or what might be termed 'para-fascism'. — 1996
