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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The question of anti-Semitism, Nazism, and a particularly nasty sibling haunted Nietzsche’s legacy.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
The performance, which sees Redmayne contort like a broken marionette in a party hat, strays from previous incarnations of the character, who’s meant to evoke a kind of funhouse hedonism oblivious to the winds of Nazism gaining strength outside the cabaret doors.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
Letters show impact of Nazism Erika’s mother, father, 5-year-old sister Helga, grandmother and other relatives mailed several letters a week to the Bocksteins’ two-story yellow-brick home on Windsor Place.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2024
The heirs of the Red Army that stood against the blitzkrieg of Nazism and paid the most staggering price in casualties and material, without which the Normandy invasion would not have been possible, have been made the Bet Noir of democracy.
—Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2024
The songs are moving, Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer are charming, and the threat of Nazism is never not terrifying.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 14 June 2024
Jürgen Prochnow stars as the experienced and disillusioned unnamed captain whose sense of military duty and commitment to his men overwhelms open distaste for Hitler, Nazism, and the execution of the war.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
His parents, who were Jewish, escaped the threat of Nazism by moving before World War II to Mandatory Palestine (now Israel), traveling on a boat filled with Jewish physicians and their families.
—Trip Gabriel, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
His comments closely reflected those of Hitler as the German leader argued his case for Nazism.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
Big Think, 24 June 2024
The performance, which sees Redmayne contort like a broken marionette in a party hat, strays from previous incarnations of the character, who’s meant to evoke a kind of funhouse hedonism oblivious to the winds of Nazism gaining strength outside the cabaret doors.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2024
Letters show impact of Nazism Erika’s mother, father, 5-year-old sister Helga, grandmother and other relatives mailed several letters a week to the Bocksteins’ two-story yellow-brick home on Windsor Place.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2024
The heirs of the Red Army that stood against the blitzkrieg of Nazism and paid the most staggering price in casualties and material, without which the Normandy invasion would not have been possible, have been made the Bet Noir of democracy.
—Dr. Robert G. Rabil, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2024
The songs are moving, Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer are charming, and the threat of Nazism is never not terrifying.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 14 June 2024
Jürgen Prochnow stars as the experienced and disillusioned unnamed captain whose sense of military duty and commitment to his men overwhelms open distaste for Hitler, Nazism, and the execution of the war.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
His parents, who were Jewish, escaped the threat of Nazism by moving before World War II to Mandatory Palestine (now Israel), traveling on a boat filled with Jewish physicians and their families.
—Trip Gabriel, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2024
His comments closely reflected those of Hitler as the German leader argued his case for Nazism.
—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
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