Hitlerite
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Hitlerite
Example Sentences
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The first “is that Amin was a Hitlerite presence in Africa.”
Amin’s “Hitlerite proclamations” and his use of “public buffoonery as political performance”—declaring himself King of Scotland, for instance, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular—were a populist strategy designed to erase all vestiges of colonial rule from Uganda.
This extremism has reared its head in forms both violent and purely ideological, from the exploding popularity of websites like the Daily Stormer, founded by an avowed Hitlerite, to the rash of hate crimes recorded immediately following Donald Trump’s election.
From The Guardian
However, the soundtrack also includes hits from the American 60s we know, including Neil Sedaka’s Calendar Girl and Paul Anka’s My Home Town, although Sedaka’s Jewish background would surely have troubled the Nazi minister for popular enlightenment and propaganda – and Anka’s Greek Orthodox roots might inflame Hitlerite purists as well.
From The Guardian
On today’s news, the so-called Ukrainian Nazi fascists are celebrating the fascistic life of the neo-Nazi Stepan Bandera with a torch-lit Hitlerite parade.
From New York Times
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