Etymology

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Today it means: Someone who is like the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann; someone who seems ordinary but does evil as a member of an immoral or evil entity or system. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann, who claimed his acts during the Holocaust was just following superior orders.

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