1
: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler
2
often nazi
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
a grammar nazi
nazi
adjective
often Nazi
Examples of Nazi in a Sentence
a gang of racist Nazis
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Heartfield’s 1934 image, used on the front cover of the left-wing Workers’ Illustrated Magazine (Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung) shows Joseph Goebbels, chief Nazi propagandist, as Hitler’s barber.
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
His relationship with his Jewish neighbors, the Brodskys, grows closer as Nazi power corrupts France.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The review produced evidence that Credit Suisse’s banking relationships with the Nazi’s paramilitary organization SS were more extensive than previously known, with the SS’s economic arm maintaining an account at the bank, Grassley said, citing the records.
—Reuters, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
By the end of the three-year Nazi occupation of Vilna, out of 100,000 Jewish residents only 2,000 were left alive.
—Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
His relationship with his Jewish neighbors, the Brodskys, grows closer as Nazi power corrupts France.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
The review produced evidence that Credit Suisse’s banking relationships with the Nazi’s paramilitary organization SS were more extensive than previously known, with the SS’s economic arm maintaining an account at the bank, Grassley said, citing the records.
—Reuters, NBC news, 3 Feb. 2026
By the end of the three-year Nazi occupation of Vilna, out of 100,000 Jewish residents only 2,000 were left alive.
—Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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