The word 'fascism' is making a cultural comeback. My guess is that a majority of people who use the word cannot define it, if asked. Some years ago I looked for a good book on fascism. I chose this - The Anatomy of Fascism, by Robert O. Paxton (2005).
What is 'fascism'?
"Fascism is perhaps best defined as a form of far-right authoritarian ultra-nationalism characterized by dictatorial power and forcible suppression of any opposition, with a strict regimentation of society and government regulation of the economy."
- N. T. Wright and Michael Bird, Jesus and the Powers, Ch. 6, footnote 1
