Nazi
[ naht-see, nat- ]
/ ˈnɑt si, ˈnæt- /
noun, plural Na·zis.
a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
(often lowercase)
a person elsewhere who holds similar views.
(often lowercase) Sometimes Offensive.
a person who is fanatically dedicated to or seeks to regulate a specified activity, practice, etc.: a jazz nazi who disdains other forms of music; health nazis trying to ban junk food.
adjective
of or relating to the Nazis.
Origin of Nazi
1925–30; < German
Nazi, short for
Nationalsozialist National Socialist
usage note for Nazi
Nazi in the extended sense of "a fanatical or domineering person" has existed at least since 1980 and parallels the use of the word
police in
the language police/the grammar police . Though this usage of
Nazi is usually intended as jocular, it implies being intolerant of other people’s views and practices. And many people consider any extended use of the word
Nazi to be offensive, in that it trivializes the terrible crimes of the German Nazis.
OTHER WORDS FROM Nazi
an·ti-Na·zi, noun, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for nazis
British Dictionary definitions for nazis
Nazi
/ (ˈnɑːtsɪ) /
noun plural Nazis
a member of the fascist National Socialist German Workers' Party, which was founded in 1919 and seized political control in Germany in 1933 under Adolf Hitler
derogatory
anyone who thinks or acts like a Nazi, esp showing racism, brutality, etc
adjective
of, characteristic of, or relating to the Nazis
Derived forms of Nazi
Nazism (ˈnɑːtˌsɪzəm) or Naziism (ˈnɑːtsɪˌɪzəm), nounWord Origin for Nazi
C20: from German, phonetic spelling of the first two syllables of
Nationalsozialist National Socialist
Cultural definitions for nazis
Nazis
[ (naht-seez, nat-seez) ]