Nazism
noun
Na·zism
ˈnät-sē-ˌi-zəm 
ˈnat-;
ˈnät-ˌsi-zəm
ˈnat-
variants
or less commonly Naziism
ˈnät-sē-ˌi-zəm
ˈnat-
: the body of political and economic doctrines held and put into effect by the Nazis in Germany from 1933 to 1945 including the totalitarian principle of government, predominance of especially Germanic groups assumed to be racially superior, and supremacy of the führer
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Still, some historians object to reincarnating a place so central to Nazism as a cultural venue for pleasure.
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Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Threat of communism, along with awful economic misery, spawned fascism and Nazism, and World War II.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
The dark side of the story was the murder by rabid Nazis — hangings and death by beating — of scores of fellow prisoners who were accused of faltering belief in Hitler and Nazism.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 10 July 2025
The composition, a drum-heavy march overlayed with his own professions of Nazism, samples a 1935 Adolf Hitler speech.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 July 2025
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Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Threat of communism, along with awful economic misery, spawned fascism and Nazism, and World War II.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
The dark side of the story was the murder by rabid Nazis — hangings and death by beating — of scores of fellow prisoners who were accused of faltering belief in Hitler and Nazism.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 10 July 2025
The composition, a drum-heavy march overlayed with his own professions of Nazism, samples a 1935 Adolf Hitler speech.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 3 July 2025
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“Nazism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazism. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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