Nazism
noun
Na·zism
ˈnät-sē-ˌi-zəm 
ˈnat-;
ˈnät-ˌsi-zəm
ˈnat-
variants
or less commonly Naziism
ˈnät-sē-ˌi-zəm
ˈnat-
: the body of political and economic doctrines held and put into effect by the Nazis in Germany from 1933 to 1945 including the totalitarian principle of government, predominance of especially Germanic groups assumed to be racially superior, and supremacy of the führer
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Turning to culture to explain difference By 1933, the rise of Nazism had added urgency to the scientific study of race.
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John P. Jackson, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
As the world’s wealthiest men team up to impose maximum harm on the world by embracing Nazism and partnering with Putin, one of the world’s most lethal dictators, please take heart.
—Sabrina Haake, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
That includes the postwar alliance forged in the fight against Nazism.
—Massimo Calabresi/dachau, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
As Neville Chamberlain’s ghost watched, Vice President JD Vance lit into Europeans in a speech in Munich and then met the leader of an extremist right-wing party, the Alternative for Germany, which many Germans see as descended from Nazism.
—Nicholas D. Kristof, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
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John P. Jackson, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
As the world’s wealthiest men team up to impose maximum harm on the world by embracing Nazism and partnering with Putin, one of the world’s most lethal dictators, please take heart.
—Sabrina Haake, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
That includes the postwar alliance forged in the fight against Nazism.
—Massimo Calabresi/dachau, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
As Neville Chamberlain’s ghost watched, Vice President JD Vance lit into Europeans in a speech in Munich and then met the leader of an extremist right-wing party, the Alternative for Germany, which many Germans see as descended from Nazism.
—Nicholas D. Kristof, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Nazism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazism. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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