de-nazification

A form of denazification — The process of the removal of Nazis from public office and positions of responsibility in Germany and Austria after World War II.

Meanings

de-nazification1

nounde-nazification (countable and uncountable, plural de-nazifications)

plural de-nazifications

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of denazification.

de-Nazification2

nounde-Nazification (countable and uncountable, plural de-Nazifications)

plural de-Nazifications

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of denazification.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsocial process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism

Broader
social process

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

de-nazification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-nazification

MLA

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

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “de-nazification,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-nazification.

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