National Socialism

American  

noun

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

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National Socialism British  

noun

1. Also called: Nazism.   Naziism.  German 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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Example Sentences

Years ago, I visited the former Gestapo headquarters in Cologne, Germany, which now houses a museum of national socialism.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2022

Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images With its cult of destruction and self-sacrifice, national socialism might have been designed for adolescence; Nazi party members indulged Teutonic pagan myths and sub-Wagnerian kitsch.

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2013

"We are stunned by the legal procedures that are threatening the existence of an outstanding institution of intellectual life," they wrote, emphasising Suhrcamp's dedication to a scholarly tradition "uncorrupted by national socialism".

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2013

In 1933, drawn by his love of Wagner, he took flight for Germany, where he moved from castle to castle as the guest of aristocrats deeply implicated in the rise of national socialism.

From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2010

The catastrophe and holocaust brought about by the two powerful movements of fascism and national socialism will mark human life always.

From Readings on Fascism and National Socialism Selected by members of the department of philosophy, University of Colorado by Various