°A political
regime, having
totalitarian aspirations, ideologically based on a relationship between business and the centralized government, business-and-government control of the market place, repression of criticism or opposition, a leader cult and exalting the state and/or religion above individual rights. Originally only applied (usually capitalized) to Benito Mussolini's Italy.
°By vague analogy, any system of strong
autocracy or
oligarchy usually to the extent of bending and breaking the law,
race-baiting and violence against largely unarmed populations.