Hitlerism

American  

[hit-luh-riz-uhm] / ˈhɪt ləˌrɪz əm /

noun

1. the doctrines, principles, and practices of the Nazi party, especially as developed by Hitler; Nazism.

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Hitlerism British  

/ ˈhɪtləˌrɪzəm /

noun

1. the policies, principles, and methods of the Nazi party as developed by Adolf Hitler

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Etymology

Origin of Hitlerism

First recorded in 1925–30; Hitler + -ism

Example Sentences

The book "Moving Beyond Fear" explains the awesome power of the irrational in the context of Hitlerism:

From Salon

Soviet leaders at the time portrayed the rebirth of the German military as “fascist revanchism” and “the return of Hitlerism.”

From New York Times

“Time to rewrite my lectures to say that ending child labor and regulating meatpacking = Hitlerism.”

From New York Times

As the sun set on the blockaded stretch of the highway watched over by hundreds of policemen, many in riot gear, a small group of farmers called out Modi’s name and shouted: “Say no to dictatorship, say no to Hitlerism”.

From Reuters

Just as Harrison, in 1914, had denounced the “herd mentality” that enabled an uncritical community to follow a treacherous leader into a disastrous war, similarly, in 1940 Woolf’s essay “Thoughts on Peace in an Air-Raid” denounced Hitlerism as the aggressive manifestation of a society’s “desire to dominate and enslave.”

From New York Times