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
Examples of Nazi in a Sentence
a gang of racist Nazis
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Among them: stark documentation of Nazi concentration camps, the Red Army Faction, and German reunification.
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Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Kipper said that when his father’s plane was shot down in Bologna, Italy, he was captured and taken to Germany as a Nazi prisoner of war.
—Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
Trump’s order and Pritzker’s response mark a rare point of policy agreement between the governor and a president whose administration Pritzker has compared to Nazi Germany.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Meanwhile, Putin on Saturday held a series of bilateral talks with foreign officials who had attended Moscow’s Victory Day celebrations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, in an apparent attempt to underscore the West’s failure to isolate it on the global stage.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
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Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Kipper said that when his father’s plane was shot down in Bologna, Italy, he was captured and taken to Germany as a Nazi prisoner of war.
—Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
Trump’s order and Pritzker’s response mark a rare point of policy agreement between the governor and a president whose administration Pritzker has compared to Nazi Germany.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Meanwhile, Putin on Saturday held a series of bilateral talks with foreign officials who had attended Moscow’s Victory Day celebrations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, in an apparent attempt to underscore the West’s failure to isolate it on the global stage.
—Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
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“Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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