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Fascio
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<p><i>Fascio</i> (Italian: [ˈfaʃʃo]; pl.: <i>fasci</i>) is an <a href="/facts/Italian_language/YXsmvlQG">Italian</a> word literally meaning 'bundle' or 'sheaf', and figuratively 'league', and which was used in the late 19th century to refer to <a href="/facts/Political_groups/9p5D1mUB">political groups</a> of many different (and sometimes opposing) orientations. A number of <a href="/facts/Nationalism/IECpIhm0">nationalist</a> <i>fasci</i> later evolved into the 20th century Fasci movement, which became known as <a href="/facts/Fascism/EhQWcPsE">fascism</a>. </p>