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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The process of the removal of Nazis from public office and positions of responsibility in Germany and Austria after World War II. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

de nazificationde-nazificationde-nazifyingdenazifyingdenazifying

Etymology

From de- + Nazification.

Related phrases

world war ii

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