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nazi

Main Entry:: Na·zi
Pronunciation:: \ˈnät-sē, ˈnat-\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: German, by shortening & alteration from Nationalsozialist, from national national + Sozialist socialist
Date:: 1930

1: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler2often not capitalized a: one who espouses the beliefs and policies of the German Nazis : fascist b: one who is likened to a German Nazi: a harshly domineering, dictatorial, or intolerant person

— nazi adjective often capitalized

— na·zi·fi·ca·tion

Listen to the pronunciation of nazification

\ˌnät-si-fə-ˈkā-shən, ˌnat-\ noun often capitalized

— na·zi·fy

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\ˈnät-si-ˌfī, ˈnat-\ transitive verb often capitalized

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