Meanings
- historicalThe Ministry for State Security, secret police and intelligence organization of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
Synonyms: MSS
- derogatoryOne who engages in covert surveillence or similar activities associated with secret police.
The Facebook Stasi then surreptitiously monitored the subscribers' writing to note changes in vocabulary to indicate mood swings.
2014 July 3, Daniel Ruth, “Taking a byte out of privacy”, in Danbury News Times - derogatoryOne who imposes one's views on others; one who is unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
All vile and grossly insensitive certainly; but on balance I think I’m more afraid of the Twitter Stasi and their increasingly zealous police enforcers.
2015 January 1, James Bloodworth, “Katie Hopkins' views are now considered matters for law enforcement, and it is utterly terrifying”, in Independent2 more examples
After the image was removed, Mr Harlass shared the image of the couple, writing: "Apparently the Facebook Stasi has removed this wonderful, pure picture."
2019 March 25, Douglas Patient, “Blonde who claims far-right websites are stealing her photos threatens legal action”, in Daily StarI suspect the vast majority of us, on all points of the political spectrum, don't want to live in a society where Twitter Stasi are constantly looking for wrongthink to report to one's employer[…]
2020 June 19, David Bernstein, “On Cancel Culture and Civil Liberties”, in The Volokh ConspiracySynonyms: Nazi
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe Ministry for State Security, secret police and intelligence organization of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
nounOne who imposes one's views on others; one who is unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
Origin
- GermanStasi
- EnglishStasi
From German Stasi, abbreviation of Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (“Ministry for State Security”).
More words from German
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Bulgarian Ща́зи
- Ща́зи (Štázi)East German Ministry for State Security
Chinese Mandarin 史塔西, 斯塔西
- 史塔西 (Shǐtǎxī)East German Ministry for State Security
- 斯塔西 (Sītǎxī)East German Ministry for State Security
French Stasi
- StasiEast German Ministry for State Security
German Stasi
- StasiEast German Ministry for State Security
Greek Στάζι
- Στάζι (Stázi)East German Ministry for State Security
Italian Stasi
- StasiEast German Ministry for State Security
Japanese シュタージ
- シュタージ (Shutāji)East German Ministry for State Security
Korean 슈타지
- 슈타지 (Syutaji)East German Ministry for State Security
Russian Шта́зи
- Шта́зи (Štázi)East German Ministry for State Security
Ukrainian Шта́зі
- Шта́зі (Štázi)East German Ministry for State Security
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Stasi
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Cite this entry
Stasi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stasi
“Stasi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stasi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stasi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stasi.
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