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NAZI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A German member of Adolf Hitler's political party
Synonyms:
German Nazi; Nazi
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nazi" is a kind of...):
fascist (an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Nazi"):
Brownshirt (a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms)
storm trooper (a member of the Nazi SA)
Instance hyponyms:
Adolf Eichmann; Eichmann; Karl Adolf Eichmann (Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962))
Goebbels; Joseph Goebbels; Paul Joseph Goebbels (German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945))
Goering; Goring; Hermann Goering; Hermann Goring; Hermann Wilhelm Goring (German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946))
Hess; Rudolf Hess; Walther Richard Rudolf Hess (Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987))
Heinrich Himmler; Himmler (German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945))
Adolf Hitler; Der Fuhrer; Hitler (German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("nazi" is a kind of...):
controller; restrainer (a person who directs and restrains)
Domain usage:
depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to a form of socialism
Example:
the national socialist party came to power in Germany in 1933
Synonyms:
national socialist; Nazi
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
socialism (an economic system based on state ownership of capital)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Relating to or consistent with or typical of the ideology and practice of Nazism or the Nazis
Example:
the Nazi interpretation of history
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Nazism (a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader)