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Nazism

American  
[naht-siz-uhm, nat-] / ˈnɑt sɪz əm, ˈnæt- /
Also Naziism

noun

  1. the principles or methods of the Nazis.


Nazism Cultural  
  1. The beliefs of the Nazis.


Etymology

Origin of Nazism

First recorded in 1930–35; Naz(i) + -ism

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The Austrian government insisted that the permanent police presence would "clearly show" that no commemoration of Nazism would be acceptable and would "neutralise" the site.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

The bricks are the founding myths: victory over Nazism, the haunting U.S. military cemetery in Normandy, Vichy’s street names.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

That is why I think it wise to think of Nazism and fascism as terms referring to specific European movements that grew out of the twentieth-century interwar period in Germany, Italy and Spain.”

From Salon Nov. 1, 2025

The boys and men - whom Ms Barrett calls "crimefluencers" - subscribe to a variety of ideologies, including including nihilism, sadism, Nazism and satanism.

From BBC Oct. 28, 2025

Hannah Arendt, the influential cultural critic who documented the perverse excesses of Nazism, would later write about the “banality of evil” that permeated German culture during the Nazi era.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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