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Section size for Fascism (49 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	8,114	8,114
Etymology	2,971	2,971
Definitions	15,809	23,167
Position on the political spectrum	4,960	4,960
Fascist as a pejorative	2,398	2,398
History	46	67,604
Background and 19th-century roots	3,300	3,300
Fin de siècle era and fusion of Maurrasism with Sorelianism (1880–1914) markup removed; cannot link (help)	4,576	9,691
Fascist syndicalism	5,115	5,115
World War I and its aftermath (1914–1929)	4,014	17,716
Impact of World War I	1,630	1,630
Impact of the Bolshevik Revolution	3,103	3,103
Fascist Manifesto and Charter of Carnaro	3,235	3,235
From populism to conservative accommodations	3,795	3,795
Fascist violence	1,939	1,939
Fascist Italy	1,035	8,224
Mussolini in power	2,045	2,045
Catholic Church	2,284	2,284
Corporatist economic system	1,057	1,057
Aggressive foreign policy	1,108	1,108
Hitler adopts Italian model	695	695
International impact of the Great Depression and buildup to World War II	6,876	6,876
World War II (1939–1945)	4,583	4,583
Post-World War II (1945–2008)	6,289	6,289
Contemporary fascism (2008–present)	127	10,879
Greece	3,109	3,109
Post-Soviet Russia	7,643	7,643
Tenets	1,135	24,693
Nationalism with or without expansionism	1,916	1,916
Totalitarianism	1,906	1,906
Economy	10,011	10,011
Direct action	1,140	1,140
Age and gender roles	6,395	6,395
Palingenesis and modernism	2,190	2,190
Culture	13	7,971
Aesthetics	5,498	5,498
Popular culture	2,460	2,460
Criticism	577	10,350
Anti-democratic and tyrannical	511	511
Unprincipled opportunism: Italian fascism	4,972	4,972
Ideological dishonesty: Italian fascism	4,290	4,290
See also	447	447
References	28	28
Bibliography	18	51,753
Primary sources	4,273	4,273
Secondary sources	41,037	41,037
Tertiary sources	2,591	2,591
Further reading	3,834	3,834
External links	1,669	1,669
Total	198,767	198,767

Fascism is a right-wing ideology.

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