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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

These items are all on display in “To Be Seen: Queer Lives 1900-1950,” an exhibition at the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism that runs through May 21, 2023.

From New York Times Dec. 7, 2022

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

It was Schirach’s job to educate Hitler Youth in the spirit of National Socialism.

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

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