neo-Nazi

noun

: a member of a group espousing the programs and policies of Hitler's Nazis
neo-Nazi adjective
neo-Nazism noun

Examples of neo-Nazi in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Woodward sought to become a member of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, which espoused white supremacy, a year earlier, according to the prosecutors' brief. CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024 Last June, as members of the fascist Proud Boys gang brawled with the Rose City Nationalists, a neo-Nazi organization of the Pacific Northwest, at an LGBTQ pride event that both sought to disrupt, several RCN participants were unmasked. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024 The recall election has captured the attention of national white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups, who have urged their members and followers to weigh in on social media and write to the mayor and other city officials to voice their support for Blevins. Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024 Entertainment & Arts Review: A Jewish man walks into a room full of neo-Nazis. Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024 In early January, investigative journalists revealed that an AfD member of Parliament and the personal adviser to the party’s leader, Alice Weidel, attended a meeting in a hotel near Potsdam where Martin Sellner, an Austrian neo-Nazi activist, was invited to speak. Joseph De Weck, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2024 The research group has been doing this kind of work for years and has been credited with unmasking numerous other extremists, including those involved with a neo-Nazi homeschool network. David Gilbert, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024 However, in his announcement, Gove named some Muslim and neo-Nazi groups as ones that would be assessed. Luke McGee, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024 Many others shared links to the 2017 neo-Nazi film Europa: The Last Battle. David Gilbert, WIRED, 11 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of neo-Nazi was in 1938

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“Neo-Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neo-Nazi. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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