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 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

The Nazism moment in last week's hearing was far less straightforward than in 2022. —Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

Research conducted for exhibits on Nolde in Frankfurt in 2014 and in Berlin in 2019 revealed the artist’s true relationship to Nazism to the wider public. —Ombline Damy, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

Nazi + -ism

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above