nazism

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/ˈnɑːt.si.ɪz.əm/uncommon/ˈnɑːts.ɪz.əm/uncommon/ˈnæt.si.ɪz.əm/

noun

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.

Similar
Naziismnational socialism
OriginEnglish Nazi ← German Nazi ← French socia →
Less commonScrabble 17
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Meanings

nazism1

nounnazism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of Nazism.

Nazism2

nounNazism (uncountable)

alternative Naziism · alternative Naziïsm · alternative nazism

  1. uncountableThe 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.
  2. colloquialderogatoryuncountableModern ideologies that resemble that of the Nazi Party or Adolf Hitler; neo-Nazism.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader

Similar
Naziismnational socialism
Broader
fascismsocialismsocialist economy
Also see
hitlerismnational socialism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁tis
  3. Proto-Italic*gnātiō
  4. Latinnātiō
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. New Latinnātionālis
  8. Germannational
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  11. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  13. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  14. Latinsokios
  15. Latinsocius
  16. Latinsociālis
  17. Frenchsocia
  18. Germansozial
  19. GermanSozialist
  20. GermanNationalsozialist
  21. GermanSoziinflu.
  22. GermanNazi
  23. EnglishNazi
  24. EnglishNazism

From Nazi + -ism.

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Translations

Arabic نَازِيَّة
  • نَازِيَّة (nāziyya)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Bengali নাৎসিবাদ
  • নাৎসিবাদ (natśibad)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Bulgarian наци́зъм
  • наци́зъм (nacízăm)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Catalan nazisme
  • nazismethe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Chinese Cantonese 納粹主義 /纳粹主义
  • 納粹主義 /纳粹主义 (naap⁶ seoi⁵ zyu² ji⁶)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Chinese Mandarin 納粹主義 /纳粹主义
  • 納粹主義 /纳粹主义 (nàcuìzhǔyì)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Czech nacismus
  • nacismusthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Danish nazisme
  • nazismethe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Dutch nazisme
  • nazismethe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Esperanto naziismo
  • naziismothe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Estonian natsism
  • natsismthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Finnish natsismi
  • natsismithe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
French nazisme
  • nazismethe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
German Nazismus
  • Nazismusthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Greek ναζισμός
  • ναζισμός (nazismós)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Hebrew נָאצִיזְם
  • נָאצִיזְם (natsízm)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Hindi नाज़ीवाद, नात्सीवाद
  • नाज़ीवाद (nāzīvād)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • नात्सीवाद (nātsīvād)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • नाज़िज़्म (nāzizm)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • नात्सिज़्म (nātsizm)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Hungarian nácizmus
  • nácizmusthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Icelandic nasismi
  • nasismithe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Indonesian nazisme
  • nazismethe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Irish Naitsíochas
  • Naitsíochasthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Italian nazismo
  • nazismothe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Japanese ナチズム
  • ナチズム (nachizumu)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Korean 나치즘
  • 나치즘 (nachijeum)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Latin nazismus
  • nazismusthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Latvian nacisms
  • nacismsthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Lithuanian nacizmas
  • nacizmasthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Malay Nazisme
  • Nazismethe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Norwegian Bokmål nazisme
  • nazismethe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Polish nazizm
  • nazizmthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Portuguese nazismo
  • nazismothe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Romanian nazism
  • nazismthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Russian наци́зм
  • наци́зм (nacízm)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Slovak nacizmus
  • nacizmusthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Spanish nazismo
  • nazismothe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Swedish nazism
  • nazismthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Tagalog nazismo
  • nazismothe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Tamil நாசிசம்
  • நாசிசம் (nācicam)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Thai ระบอบนาซี, ลัทธินาซี
  • ระบอบนาซี (rá-bɔ̀ɔp-naa-sii)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • ลัทธินาซี (lát-tí-naa-sii)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Turkish Nazizm
  • Nazizmthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Ukrainian наци́зм
  • наци́зм (nacýzm)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Urdu نازِزْم, نازِیَت
  • نازِزْم (nāzizm)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • نازِیَت (nāziyat)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Vietnamese chủ nghĩa Quốc xã, chủ nghĩa xã hội quốc gia
  • chủ nghĩa Quốc xãthe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • chủ nghĩa xã hội quốc giathe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Welsh Natsïaeth
  • Natsïaeththe ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
Yiddish נאַציזם
  • נאַציזם (natsizm)the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party

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APA

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“nazism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nazism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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