proto-fascism
thumb|Gabriele d'Annunzio, a prominent Italian proto-fascist (centre; with the cane), with his in the [[Italian Regency of Carnaro in 1919]] Proto-fascism represents the direct predecessor ideologies and cultural movements that influenced and formed the basis of fascism. The term protofascism is also used in a slightly more general sense to refer to any political movement whose activities make the emergence of fascism more likely.
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thumb|Gabriele d'Annunzio, a prominent Italian proto-fascist (centre; with the cane), with his in the [[Italian Regency of Carnaro in 1919]] Proto-fascism represents the direct predecessor ideologies and cultural movements that influenced and formed the basis of fascism. The term protofascism is also used in a slightly more general sense to refer to any political movement whose activities make the emergence of fascism more likely.
Proto-fascist movements that preceded fascism featured some of the common characteristics of fascist ideology, such as the scapegoating of ethnic or religious minorities, the glorification of violence, and the promotion of the Führerprinzip, the belief that the party and the state should have a single leader with absolute power, but usually did not exhibit some characteristics of fascism, for example, were less radical or lacked totalitarian ambitions.