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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German centrists – despite a decades-long mission to ensure a movement like Nazism never again takes root in society – have not been immune to this rightward momentum either.
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Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
Fellow Travelers is a historical reference in the ’40s and ’50s, the fellow traveler was sometimes how someone who might be sympathetic to what was happening in Germany, to Nazism, was a fellow traveler.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2024
While no one believes that the Sussexes would ever get embroiled in anything equivalent to emerging Nazism, Pasternak and others explained said there are potential risks when Harry and Meghan mingle with heads of governments without following the usual diplomatic protocol.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
Tom Jacobson, a prolific local playwright who has been a mainstay of Los Angeles’ intimate theater scene, has written two new plays centering on 20th century European artists during the traumatic rise of Nazism and antisemitism in prewar Germany.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
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Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
Fellow Travelers is a historical reference in the ’40s and ’50s, the fellow traveler was sometimes how someone who might be sympathetic to what was happening in Germany, to Nazism, was a fellow traveler.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2024
While no one believes that the Sussexes would ever get embroiled in anything equivalent to emerging Nazism, Pasternak and others explained said there are potential risks when Harry and Meghan mingle with heads of governments without following the usual diplomatic protocol.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
Tom Jacobson, a prolific local playwright who has been a mainstay of Los Angeles’ intimate theater scene, has written two new plays centering on 20th century European artists during the traumatic rise of Nazism and antisemitism in prewar Germany.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
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“Nazism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazism. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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