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NAZISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader
Synonyms:
national socialism; Naziism; Nazism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Nazism" is a kind of...):
fascism (a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism))
socialism; socialist economy (an economic system based on state ownership of capital)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Nazism"):
Falange (the Spanish Nazi party under Franco)
Derivation:
nazify (cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character)
