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denazify

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To free from Nazi influence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Germany was denazified after WW II
  • The highest judges were never denazified

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: nazify

Broader terms: cleanse

History

Etymology

From de- + Nazi + -fy.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: дэнацыфікава́ць (denacyfikavácʹ) — to free from Nazi influence
  • Chinese Mandarin: 去納粹化 /去纳粹化 (qùnàcuìhuà) — to free from Nazi influence
  • French: dénazifier — to free from Nazi influence
  • German: entnazifizieren — to free from Nazi influence
  • Hungarian: nácitlanít — to free from Nazi influence
  • Japanese: 非ナチ化する (hinachika suru) — to free from Nazi influence
  • Korean: 탈(脫)나치화(化)하다 (tallachihwahada) — to free from Nazi influence
  • Polish: denazyfikować — to free from Nazi influence
  • Polish: zdenazyfikować — to free from Nazi influence
  • Russian: денацифици́ровать (denacificírovatʹ) — to free from Nazi influence
  • Spanish: desnazificar — to free from Nazi influence
  • Swedish: avnazifiera — to free from Nazi influence
  • Swedish: denazifiera — to free from Nazi influence
  • Ukrainian: денацифікува́ти (denacyfikuváty) — to free from Nazi influence
  • Yiddish: דענאַציפֿיצירן (denatsifitsirn) — to free from Nazi influence