Definitions of fascism

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What constitutes a definition of fascism and fascist governments has been highly disputed regarding the exact nature of fascism and its core tenets amongst historians, political scientists, and other scholars ever since Benito Mussolini first used the term in 1914. In 2016 historian Ian Kershaw wrote that "trying to define 'fascism' is like trying to nail jelly to the wall". A significant number of scholars agree that a "fascist regime" is foremost an authoritarian form of government; however, the general academic consensus also holds that not all authoritarian regimes are fascist, and more distinguishing traits are required for a regime to be characterized as such. Similarly, fascism as an ideology is also hard to define. Originally, it referred to a totalitarian political movement linked with corporatism which existed in Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. Many scholars use the word "fascism" without capitalization in a more general sense to refer to an ideology...

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