1
: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler
2
often not capitalized
a
: one who espouses the beliefs and policies of the German Nazis : fascist
b
: one who is likened to a German Nazi : a harshly domineering, dictatorial, or intolerant person
a grammar nazi
nazi
adjective
often capitalized
Examples of Nazi in a Sentence
a gang of racist Nazis
Recent Examples on the Web
Part Evil Dead, part Zombie Lake, and wholly insane, this rollicking yarn follows a group of hard-partying medical students to a mountain retreat where they’re summarily set upon by the corpses of Nazi soldiers once exiled to the woods around them.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2024
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, has condemned the demonstrations as antisemitic and even compared them to rallies held in Germany almost 100 years ago, as the Nazi party rose to power on a wave of anti-Jewish hate.
—Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2024
Bowles and her compatriots are largely carefree, trying to live as if the party will never end, but their reverie is interrupted as the politics of the Nazi regime begin to seep in.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2024
Ukraine’s top commander said last week that Russian forces were aiming to capture the town by May 9, a symbolic date when Russia celebrates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
—Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Another Republican, Brandon Williams, compared diversity, equity, and inclusion statements to Nazi loyalty oaths.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
In the 1930s, more than 50,000 Jewish refugees arrived in Palestine from Nazi Germany, although in less desperate circumstances most of them would have preferred to stay in their country.
—Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
In more recent decades, Nazi iconography and vocabulary have adorned noise records by Whitehouse and Boyd Rice.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
All the while, the Nazi party is rising to power in Germany, bringing an impending doom on all, especially Bradshaw's German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her suitor, Jewish fruit vendor Herr Schultz.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2024
Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2024
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, has condemned the demonstrations as antisemitic and even compared them to rallies held in Germany almost 100 years ago, as the Nazi party rose to power on a wave of anti-Jewish hate.
—Emmet Lyons, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2024
Bowles and her compatriots are largely carefree, trying to live as if the party will never end, but their reverie is interrupted as the politics of the Nazi regime begin to seep in.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2024
Ukraine’s top commander said last week that Russian forces were aiming to capture the town by May 9, a symbolic date when Russia celebrates the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
—Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Another Republican, Brandon Williams, compared diversity, equity, and inclusion statements to Nazi loyalty oaths.
—Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
In the 1930s, more than 50,000 Jewish refugees arrived in Palestine from Nazi Germany, although in less desperate circumstances most of them would have preferred to stay in their country.
—Tom Segev, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
In more recent decades, Nazi iconography and vocabulary have adorned noise records by Whitehouse and Boyd Rice.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
All the while, the Nazi party is rising to power in Germany, bringing an impending doom on all, especially Bradshaw's German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her suitor, Jewish fruit vendor Herr Schultz.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2024
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“Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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