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

Examples of Nazism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The new Season 4, which brings Weimar Berlin ever closer to the grip of Nazism—heretofore unavailable to US viewers—will debut in June. —Vogue, 19 July 2024

Raised on comforting traditional German melodies even as the nationalist strains of Nazism reached a fever pitch, Westheimer came to adore the patriotic songs of Switzerland. —Zack O’Malley Greenburg, Variety, 15 July 2024

Americans successfully defeated Communism and Nazism and the metric system. —The Editors, National Review, 4 July 2024

The question of anti-Semitism, Nazism, and a particularly nasty sibling haunted Nietzsche’s legacy. —Big Think, 24 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

Nazi + -ism

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above