1
: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler
2
often not capitalized
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 capitalized
Examples of Nazi in a Sentence
a gang of racist Nazis
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It was enshrined in the Geneva Conventions, in 1949, and was central to Israel’s prosecution, in 1961, of Adolf Eichmann, a senior Nazi official, for his role in the Holocaust.
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Annie Hylton, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
He was sworn into office having just compared U.S. intelligence agencies to Nazis.
—Ashley Brown, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Bob Laemmle was born in Paris and came with his parents, who were fleeing the Nazis, to the U.S. in 1938.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Nowhere is that skill more apparent than in Fatherland, which drops the reader into a terrifyingly plausible reality where Nazi Germany emerged victorious from World War II and realized the sickeningly oversized blueprint for Germania.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Annie Hylton, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025
He was sworn into office having just compared U.S. intelligence agencies to Nazis.
—Ashley Brown, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
Bob Laemmle was born in Paris and came with his parents, who were fleeing the Nazis, to the U.S. in 1938.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
Nowhere is that skill more apparent than in Fatherland, which drops the reader into a terrifyingly plausible reality where Nazi Germany emerged victorious from World War II and realized the sickeningly oversized blueprint for Germania.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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