Nazi

noun

Na·​zi ˈnät-sē How to pronounce Nazi (audio) ˈnat- How to pronounce Nazi (audio)
Synonyms of Nazinext
1
: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler
2
often nazi
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 Nazi
nazification
ˌnät-si-fə-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce Nazi (audio)
ˌnat-
noun
often Nazification
nazify
ˈnät-si-ˌfī How to pronounce Nazi (audio)
ˈnat-
transitive verb
often Nazify

Examples of Nazi in a Sentence

a gang of racist Nazis
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The leading candidate to succeed him in the presidential election next spring is Marine Le Pen, who would be the first far-right leader of France since the Vichy regime that collaborated with Nazi Germany in World War II. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 An Associated Press review of thousands of posts made on the forum between 2022 and 2026 found racial slurs, minimizations of Nazi Germany and defenses of white nationalist conspiracy theories. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Underneath that façade was a sociopathic white supremacist neo-Nazi filled with hatred, fantasizing about mass murder nearly every day. — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Brand has since helped recover a Pieter Brueghel masterpiece stolen in Poland in the 1970s and a painting looted from a Jewish family by the Nazi Hermann Göring, among other things. — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for Nazi

Word History

Etymology

German, by shortening & alteration from Nationalsozialist, from national national + Sozialist socialist

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Nazi was in 1930

Phrases Containing Nazi

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Nazi

noun
Na·​zi ˈnät-sē How to pronounce Nazi (audio) ˈnat- How to pronounce Nazi (audio)
: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945
Nazi adjective
Nazism
ˈnät-ˌsiz-əm, 
ˈnat-
noun

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