neo-Nazi

[nee-oh-naht-see, -nat-]

noun

plural

neo-Nazis 

1. a person who belongs to a political organization whose beliefs are inspired by or reminiscent of Nazism.

Other Word Forms

• neo-Nazism noun
• neo-Naziism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of neo-Nazi¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

For instance, the agency launched a baseless investigation into Media Matters for truthfully informing companies that their ads on X appeared alongside neo-Nazi propaganda.

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Several of the staffers Musk brought into the Department of Government Efficiency follow openly neo-Nazi and white supremacist social media accounts.

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The case centres on a neo-Nazi state informant known as Agent X who used his MI5 role to coerce his girlfriend, whom he attacked with a machete.

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Even in this past year and a half, there was a female school shooter, there was a Black school shooter, but both were radicalized in a network of far-right neo-Nazi Telegram channels.

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Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, has been released from prison less than halfway into his sentence.

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