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"Except for the relatively small number of Fascist sympathisers, almost any English person would accept 'bully' as a synonym for 'Fascist'. That is about as near to a definition as this much-abused word has come."

George Orwell

Quasi-Fascism also small-fascism is a term used to describe political ideologies that share or are accused of sharing important elements with or align Fascism but do not claim to be fascist, or they just aren't.

The term may refer to:

• Alt-Right - Many people within the Alt-Right are fascists and Nazis.
  • Alt-Lite - A moderate version of Alt-Right. Accused mainly by leftists to be fascist due to many supporting Cultural Nationalism and opposing progressive policies, and for essentially being a variant of the aforesaid Alt-Right, which is usually associated with Fascism.
• Anti-Fascism - Many Right Wing Satirists, Conservatives & Alt-Lite people have accused Anti-Fascist Action/Antifa of being "the real Fascists" due to its violence against the people that are being accused of Fascists which is seen as an authoritarian action similar to fascism and the ideology was also accused of being true Anarcho-Fascism or National Anarchism.
• Anti-Liberalism - Accused by moderate, progressive, liberal, libertarian, democratic, and capitalist circles due to its authoritarian and extreme (mostly right-wing to far-right) cultural stances, sometimes being called "red fascism", due to sometimes having left-wing to far-left economics associated with the former two. Also, National Bolsheviks and left-wing quasi-fascists or fascists are supporters of Anti-Liberalism.
• Authoritarian Conservatism - Similar views on the state and society. Also, Hobbes is sometimes accused of being a proto-fascist.
• Black Hundredism - Black Hundredism is classified as a quasi-fascist ideology due to its ultranationalism, irredentism, extreme traditionalism, and Anti-Semitism. However, it is not necessarily classified as fascist due to the fact that it doesn't necessarily support third-positionist economics.
• Bonapartism - Often considered the precursor of fascism due to his extensive use of the military and for being literally an Autocracy.
• Dengism, Putinism, Ba'athism - All accused by Progressive and Neoconservative circles due to their ever-increasing authoritarian, jingoist, militaristic and nationalist policies, alongside their state capitalist (aka 3rd position) economics.
• Falangism - Although this ideology is widely considered fascist due to its ultranationalism, third positionism, and extreme traditionalism, some scholars consider it only quasi-fascist, and a extreme form of Authoritarian Conservatism.
• Francoism - Ideology of Francoist Spain, which was inspired by Fascism and had close ties with it. However, it dropped fascism after 1959 due to problems with the UN and NATO, and the support of Technocracy and Economic Liberalism.
• Jacobinism - An influence of the French '89 ideals on fascism due to their violent totalitarianism and revolutionary nationalism has been supported both by left-wing fascists as a boast and by catholic integralists against fascism as an accusation of modernism. In any case, there are also significant differences given the egalitarianism and progressivism of the Jacobins.
• Jihadism - Neoconservatives, Communists, Feminists, Liberals & Zionists claim that the ideology is similar to Islamic Fascism because of its reactionary, anti-semitic, and third positionist views. Some variants, such as the Taliban and Hamas are explicitly nationalist, but some, like ISIS are anti-nationalist.
• Jingoism - Sometimes considered quasi-fascist due to its calls for militarization, intention of reclaiming the nations lost lands, and for its chauvinism.
• Juche - Often accused of being fascist, both by anti-Communists, anti-East and anti-Revisionists, due to its militaristic, totalitarian and ethnonationalist policies, especially during the current leadership of Kim Jong Un.
• Hindutva - Considered fascist by many due to its ultranationalism, militarism, and extreme traditionalism, and due to the fact Savakar was influenced by Italian fascism. However, Hindutva, similar to Black Hundredism, doesn't necessarily support a third-positionist economy, and due to the fact that modern supporters of Hindutva support capitalist economics.
• Ittihadism - Ideology of the Young Turks which was developed before Fascism, but helped influence the aforesaid Nazism.
• Liberalism - Accused by the far-left due to its economical terms and similar phrase as Conservatism, which is false.
• Metaxism - Metaxism is commonly classified as a quasi-fascist ideology due to its strong traditionalism, corporatist economics, and strong Greek nationalism.
• National Anarchism - Many claim National Anarchism is very similar Anarcho-Fascism due to its Culturally Right policies and the symbolism.
• National Bolshevism - The meme variant is a combination of Marxism-Leninism and Nazism, being similar to Strasserism. However. some real-life variants, such as Paetelism, claim to reject fascism and nazism.
• National Conservatism - Similar views on Nation, State and Tradition, albeit generally more moderate.
• National Libertarianism & National Liberalism - Accused due to their National and Cultural policies.
• National Syndicalism - National Syndicalism is an ideology that was formulated by revolutionary syndicalists like Georges Valois and Eduard Berth allying themselves with integral nationalists. The early fascists described themselves as national syndicalists and adopted some syndicalist policies, which is why the two ideologies are considered linked and why national syndicalism is considered a precursor to Italian Fascism.
• Nazism - Ideology of Nazi Germany which was influenced by Fascism, and shared close ties with the Fascist Italy.
• Neoconservatism - Accused by progressive, libertarian, isolationist as well as broad anti-Western (pro-China, Iran and Russia + anti-Zionist) circles because of their militaristic tendencies and sometimes cooperating with National Capitalism, which is an ideology inspired by Nazism, Capitalism and in most cases, Neoconservatism itself.
• Paleoconservatism - Is accused of being fascistic due to their social views and nationalism, and also some of it's modern supporters being members of the Alt-Right or neo-Nazis.
• Peronism - Juan Perón was highly inspired by fascism, specially by Mussolini and Hitler. His ideology would also be viewed as a unironic Social Fascism, as it mixes Social Democracy with Fascism.
• Pinochetism - Communists, progressive Libertarians & uneducated Fascists often see this ideology as Fascist due to its Anti-Communism, Culturally Right Nationalist policies, German military culture (which was already a Chilean tradition) and utilization of ex-nazis such as Schafer.
• Platonism - Plato's republic is often accused of extreme authoritarianism, collectivism and emphasis on hierarchy and the liberal philosopher Karl Popper has often accused the Athenian philosopher of being the reference of closed societies and the precursor of the modern Hegelian totalitarianism of both nazi-fascist and communist regimes.
• Pol Potism - Often considered fascist due to its totalitarianism and ethno-ultranationalism.
• Right-Wing Populism - Accused due to its National Conservative ideology, leadership by a Charismatic Leader, and often Elitist Populism.
• Roman Republicanism & Caesarism - With its warrior, spiritual and imperialist values, ancient Rome was much admired by classical fascism and also taken as a model by factions of Nazism, some of which considered the Romans as superior Nordic-Germanic people that, by emigrating to the south, gave life to the Aryan-Mediterranean race (idea also promoted by some Italians). Authoritarian strongman such as Julius Caesar and Augustus were particularly exalted in Mussolini's regime.
• Saadehism - Saadehism is commonly accused of being a fascist or national socialist ideology due to its Syrian ultranationalism, irredentism, and third positionist economics.
• Salazarism - The Salazar regime shares many similarities with fascism due to him being an authoritarian conservative, implementing corporatism and sharing close ties with the Francoist regime in Spain. However, he rejected fascism as "unchristian"
• Showa Statism - Showa Statism is commonly seen as a form of Fascism due to its ideas of Japanese national supremacy, calls for a militarized society, and due to its Imperialism.
• Social Democracy - The notion of fascism and social democracy being related ideologies is a common one within Marxist-Leninist circles, although also popular in some libertarian circles as well. The notion itself is called Social Fascism a term which is also used by Stalinists to pejoratively refer to Social Democrats, claiming that their idea of mixing Socialism with Capitalism is similar to Corporativism or Third Position.
• Sorelianism - Sorelianism is often accused of being a precursor to fascism due to fascists adopting Sorel's conception of myth for palingenetic ultranationalist purposes.
• Spartanism - Sometimes considered another ancient proto-fascism or Nazism for its extreme militarization, eugenics and alleged totalitarianism.
• State Liberalism - Seen as fascist by many economic leftists and cultural rightists due to its inherent authoritarianism/totalitarianism and (depending on the accusers ideology) erroneously due to its support for social progressivism and economic liberalism, despite the latter two not often being supported by mainstream fascists.
• Stratocracy - Strong emphasis on heroism,order, authority, hierarchy, strength and sometimes extreme chauvinistic nationalism.
• Strasserism - Strasserism is commonly seen as fascist due to its Ultranationalism, Anti-Semitism, and its accepting of third-positionist economics. However, Strasserism can be seen rather as Quasi-Fascist due to its calls for socialist economics, and due to the fact that Otto opposed fascism.
• Superfascism - An esoteric traditionalist philosophy developed by the Italian philosopher Julius Evola, superfascism claims to transcend classical fascism in its modernist and demagogic-socialist aspects but is nevertheless very close to fascism in its spiritual racism and its reactionary admiration for the elitarian aristocracy of pre-liberal and pre-enlightenment anti-materialist societies.
• Stalinism - Often considered quasi-fascist for its cult of personality, militarism, secret police, ethnic policies, and one-party state by anti-Stalin socialists, anarchists, and liberals.
• Totalitarianism in a philosophical sense - The doctrine that the state should have total control over society, a central tenet of fascism.
• Ultranationalism - Ultranationalism is a core tenant of fascism and it's derivatives, also many Ultranationalist groups have had close ties with fascism.
• Welfare Chauvinism - A combination of Ultranationalism with Welfarism, also known as "unironic Social Fascism".
• White Nationalism - Many modern white nationalists are fascists, similar to the Alt-Right.
• Zionism - Many Anti-Zionists along with some Anti-Semites claimed that Israel is fascist or quasi-fascist due to its policies of Ethnic Nationalism, Colonialism & Militarism against Palestine or other Arab countries. The actual jewish fascist ideologies are: Jewish-Nazism and Revisionist Maximalism, an extreme variant of Revisionist Zionism which in itself was more liberal and non-fascist, although geopolitically sympathetic to Mussolini's Italy.
  • Kahanism - Kahanism is commonly described as a Jewish fascist ideology due to its militant Israeli nationalism and chauvinism, and due to its reactionary cultural views. However, Kahanism is more accurately described as a quasi-fascist ideology due to its acceptance of economic liberalism.