fascist

fascist
fascism, fascist
When Fowler wrote in 1926, Mussolini had not long been established in power, and the future of these words, and their Italian counterparts fascismo and fascista, was uncertain. Fowler suspended judgement on their anglicization ‘till we know whether the things are to be temporary or permanent in England’. The concepts are still very much with us: the English words are now generally written with small initial letters (except sometimes with specific historical reference) but are still pronounced in an Italian manner with the central consonant as sh (fash-izm / fash-ist), and the Italian forms are not used at all except in the special contexts of Italian history.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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