Antifa

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A decentralised, radical political movement that opposes fascism.
• A local instance of this movement.
• A member of an anti-fascist group.
• Black bloc groups that fight fascist or far-right groups in public, usually anarchist, socialist, or communist groups.

Origin

• Borrowed from German Antifa, originally an abbreviation for Antifaschistische Aktion, a wing of the Communist Party of Germany founded in 1932.