swastika
a figure used as a symbol or an ornament in the Old World and in America since prehistoric times, consisting of a cross with arms of equal length, each arm having a continuation at right angles.
this figure as the official emblem of the Nazi party and the Third Reich.
Origin of swastika
1Other words from swastika
- swas·ti·kaed, adjective
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How to use swastika in a sentence
I personally prefer the Ukrainian official flag, and the emblem of Lviv—a kind looking lion—to a swastika.
Lively is the author of a book entitled “The Pink swastika,” which argues that German Nazism was a gay conspiracy.
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The foregoing explanations relate only to the present accepted name “swastika.”
The Swastika | Thomas Wilson
The ordinary size of the swastika, in very primitive times, is under a third of an inch in diameter.
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonWhatever else the sign swastika may have stood for, and however many meanings it may have had, it was always ornamental.
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonProfessor Goodyear gives the title of “Meander” to that form of swastika which bends two or more times (fig. 11).
The Swastika | Thomas WilsonThe swastika is normal, with arms crossing at right angles, the ends bent at right angles and to the right.
The Swastika | Thomas Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for swastika
/ (ˈswɒstɪkə) /
a primitive religious symbol or ornament in the shape of a Greek cross, usually having the ends of the arms bent at right angles in either a clockwise or anticlockwise direction
this symbol with clockwise arms, officially adopted in 1935 as the emblem of Nazi Germany
Origin of swastika
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