Nazi

noun

1
: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler
2
often 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
a grammar nazi
nazi adjective often capitalized
nazification noun often capitalized
nazify transitive verb often capitalized

Examples of Nazi in a Sentence

a gang of racist Nazis
Recent Examples on the Web The article showed Reddit employees grappling with tough decisions about barring Nazis, racists and violent ideologues from their platform. Kevin Roose, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024 The Ghost Army -- comprised of 1,300 U.S. soldiers -- helped trick the Third Reich with deceptive battlefield shenanigans that protected their fellow Americans and helped defeat Nazi Germany. John Parkinson, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024 Here is Ben Mendelsohn as an exquisitely dignified Dior, working in obscurity for the couturier Lucien Lelong (and reluctant to design dresses for Nazi wives), and Juliette Binoche as his high-profile rival Coco Chanel, comporting with members of the Third Reich and living at the Ritz. Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024 The series follows young survivors of World War II who go to work for Allied prosecutors trying Nazi criminals in Nuremberg, only to find their quest for justice undermined by secret efforts to build a new world order based on power, not principle. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024 Glazer’s stunt gave Liu room to compare the wall in the West Bank separating Israeli settlers and Palestinians to the wall between the Höss home and the Nazi death camp next door. Armond White, National Review, 20 Mar. 2024 The top Social Democratic leaders were, on average, two decades older than their Nazi counterparts. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 Examples included depictions of Nazi soldiers as Black and Asian and popes as female, for which the company apologized. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024 By the Cambridge calculus, Southerners are worse than Nazis? Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 27 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

German, by shortening & alteration from Nationalsozialist, from national national + Sozialist socialist

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Nazi was in 1930

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Cite this Entry

“Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

Nazi

noun
: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945
Nazi adjective
Nazism
ˈnät-ˌsiz-əm
ˈnat-
noun

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