neo-Nazi

noun

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

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Hanley also filed lawsuits following his 2018 arrest while counter-protesting a neo-Nazi rally in Newnan, and again after Hanley was picked up at an Atlanta demonstration over the decision not to prosecute the officer who shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026 The sheriff said that the suspect is also allegedly linked to a neo-Nazi satanic group. Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2026 But the ambiance was much different in 2017, when neo-Nazis marched at a white supremacist event in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a protester was killed and 14 others were injured. Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2026 Like Alternative für Deutschland in Germany and Rassemblement National in France, the Sweden Democrats started as a fringe operation, with neo-Nazi roots. Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for neo-Nazi

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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 Feb. 2026.

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