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After calling this system “organized confusion,” one essay cites Wittgenstein’s family resemblance between groups with shared characteristics abc, bcd, and cde. This system’s “minimum” requires a central focus on palingenesis according to Oxford Brookes professor Roger Griffin. So-called “actual idealism” informed (10[1])a book titled Doctrine of [this system] ghostwritten by Giovanni Gentile. The cult of tradition and the rejection of modernism are the first two of 14 core properties (10[1])of the (10[1])“Ur-” (10[1])form of this system outlined in a 1995 (10[1])essay (10[1])by Umberto (10[1])Eco. Influenced by Italian futurism, a former journalist (10[1])for Avanti (10[1])named this political system for a Roman symbol with an axe. (10[1])For 10 points, name this difficult to define right-wing political system whose name was coined by its formulator Benito Mussolini. ■END■

ANSWER: fascism [accept Italian fascism; accept fascismo]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Giovanni Mazzeo (DII)Virginia A (UG)UNC B (UG)4010
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)UNC A (Grad)6810
Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)Duke A (UG)7010
Isaac Mammel (UG)Maryland A (Grad)UNC C (UG)7110
Derek Aldridge (DII)William & Mary A (UG)Virginia B (UG)7910
Ethan Cohen (UG)GWU A (UG)Liberty B (DII)8010
Jacob Martin (UG)Maryland B (UG)Maryland C (DII)8210
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)GWU B (Grad)9010
Miller Doer (DII)Liberty C (DII)JMU B (UG)9210
Aidan Casdin (UG)JMU A (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)10310