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

As Hannah Arendt so insightfully observed in her landmark work “The Origins of Totalitarianism”, Stalinism and Hitlerism were the two major totalitarian movements of the first half of the 20th century.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2023

“The Negro soldier and sailor want to come home to an America that has wiped out the ‘white supremacy’ practices which meant the downfall of Hitlerism in Germany,” the editorial said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2019

Barker argued, to a crowd of 20,000: “To understand Hitler and Hitlerism, one is compelled to enter the domain of psychopathology.”

From Slate • Nov. 17, 2016

Paternostro approached Katharina Wagner, co-director of the festival, who was enthusiastic about a performance by the orchestra that would lay to rest the ghosts of Hitlerism that haunt Bayreuth.

From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2011

Particularly he opposed the tendency to call "Kaiserism" what is now called "Hitlerism" and should always be called Prussianism.

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie