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National Socialism

American  

noun

  1. the principles and practices of the Nazi party in Germany.


National Socialism British  

noun

  1. Also called: Nazism.   NaziismGerman history the doctrines and practices of the Nazis, involving the supremacy of Hitler as Führer, anti-Semitism, state control of the economy, and national expansion

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It follows the fortunes and travails of the Oppermann family in Berlin as upper-class Jews during the rise of National Socialism, a phenomenon they blithely dismiss until that’s no longer possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Prosecutors said the group planned to create a government "inspired by National Socialism" - the far-right totalitarian ideology associated with Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

“Your mother was one of the few who, in the face of the crimes of National Socialism, had the courage to listen to her conscience and stand up to dictatorship, fascism and war.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023

Primo Levi himself said: “It is naïve, absurd, and historically false to believe that an infernal system such as National Socialism sanctifies its victims: on the contrary it degrades them, it makes them resemble itself.”

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2022

Over the years, the brother and sister grew deeply disillusioned with National Socialism.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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