[Ads-l] Antedating of "Fascism" and Related Terms

[Shapiro, Fred]

fascism (OED, 1.b., 1923)  1922 Examiner (Launceston, Tasmania) 4 Dec 5/2 (Newspapers.com)  (heading)  German Fascism.

fascita (OED 1920)  1914 Sioux County (North Dakota) Pioneer 24 Sept. 3/6 (Newspapers.com)  Premier Mussolini is confident that the crisis which threatened him and the Fascisti has passed and that his organization will be stronger than ever.

fascistic (OED 1922)  1921 Saskatoon (Sask.) Daily Star 26 Jan. 1/3 (Newspapers.com)  Shots were fired at a funeral procession held under the auspices of the Fascistic or extreme Nationalist party.

Fred Shapiro

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