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ALL meanings of nazi

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  • 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 Alternative form of Nazi. 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 member of Nazi party 1
  • adjective nazi relating to Nazi party 1
  • noun nazi racist person 1
  • noun nazi officious person 1
  • countable noun nazi The Nazis were members of the right-wing political party, led by Adolf Hitler, which held power in Germany from 1933 to 1945. 0
  • adjective nazi You use Nazi to say that something relates to the Nazis. 0
  • noun nazi a member of the fascist National Socialist German Workers' Party, which was founded in 1919 and seized political control in Germany in 1933 under Adolf Hitler 0
  • noun nazi anyone who thinks or acts like a Nazi, esp showing racism, brutality, etc 0
  • adjective nazi of, characteristic of, or relating to the Nazis 0
  • adjective nazi designating, of, or characteristic of the German fascist political party (National Socialist German Workers' Party), founded in 1919 and abolished in 1945: under Hitler it seized control of Germany in 1933, systematically eliminated opposition, and initiated a program of nationalism, rearmament, political aggression, and racism, esp. anti-Semitism 0
  • noun nazi a member of this party 0
  • noun nazi a supporter of this or any similar party; fascist 0
  • noun nazi someone who thinks or acts like a Nazi 0
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