Neo-nazi

//ˌnioʊˈnɑːtsi// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An adherent of neo-Nazism, any of various (far right, authoritarian, or bigoted) post-World War II Nazi ideologies.

    "Andrew Anglin, head of the now defunct alt-right publication Daily Stormer, a Neo-Nazi, and friend of Richard Spencer claimed on his site that “the only thing in our movement that really matters [is] anti-Semitism […] Last but not least, President Trump himself was key in mainstreaming alt-right politics, referring to white supremacists and Neo-Nazis as “very fine people”, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to neo-Nazism or neo-Nazis. not-comparable, usually

    "On the whole the Galicians have been at the more pitiful end of the spectrum, trading infantile political insults on the web, each trying desperately to appear more neo-Nazi than the other."

Synonyms

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neo-nazistneo-nazist

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"Layla and Sami became the foot soldiers of a neo-Nazi movement."

Etymology

Originally from postwar French néonazi which first appears in 1952, equivalent to neo- + Nazi, and used to describe any number of movements, which saw themselves as believers of Nazi ideology or whose ideology had similar attributes. The term spread throughout the Western world acquiring a broader usage. However, its first use appears c. 1941 in the now-defunct Piqua Daily Call.

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