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nazi

Na·zi
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [naht-see, nat-]
    • /ˈnɑt si, ˈnæt-/
    • /ˈnɑːt.si/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [naht-see, nat-]
    • /ˈnɑt si, ˈnæt-/

Definitions of nazi word

  • noun plural nazi a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust. 1
  • noun plural nazi (often lowercase) a person elsewhere who holds similar views. 1
  • noun plural nazi (often lowercase) Sometimes Offensive. a person who is fanatically dedicated to or seeks to regulate a specified activity, practice, etc.: a jazz nazi who disdains other forms of music; health nazis trying to ban junk food. 1
  • adjective nazi of or relating to the Nazis. 1
  • noun nazi Nazi in the extended sense of "a fanatical or domineering person" has existed at least since 1980 and parallels the use of the word police in  the language police/the grammar police . Though this usage of Nazi is usually intended as jocular, it implies being intolerant of other people’s views and practices. And many people consider any extended use of the word Nazi to be offensive, in that it trivializes the terrible crimes of the German Nazis. 1
  • noun nazi Alternative form of Nazi. 1

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Origin of nazi

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
1925-30; < German Nazi, short for Nationalsozialist National Socialist

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Parts of speech for Nazi

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nazi popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for nazi

noun nazi

  • autocrat — An autocrat is a person in authority who has complete power.
  • tyrant — a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.
  • authoritarian — If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
  • totalitarian — of or relating to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.
  • dictator — A dictator is a ruler who has complete power in a country, especially power which was obtained by force and is used unfairly or cruelly.

adj nazi

  • oppressive — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
  • monolithic — of or relating to a monolith.
  • autocratic — An autocratic person or organization has complete power and makes decisions without asking anyone else's advice.
  • tyrannical — of or characteristic of a tyrant.
  • communist — A communist is someone who believes in communism.

Antonyms for nazi

adj nazi

  • democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
  • partial — being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt.

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