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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state capitalism. uncountable
2. 2
   Alternative letter-case form of Nazism. alt-of, uncountable
3. 3
   a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader wordnet
4. 4
   The ideology of derived, copycat or other neo-Nazi groups that support most or all of that ideology. uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

centralismcollectivismcommunismconstitutionalismdemocratismfascism

Example

More examples

"Was Nazism peculiar to Germany?"

Etymology

From Nazi + -ism.

Related phrases

anti semitismneo nazineo nazism

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