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Nazification

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of Nazifying.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) Nazism

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • as the process of Nazification spread they paid less attention to public opinion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social process

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1tisder. Proto-Italic *gnātiō Latin nātiō Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis New Latin nātionālisbor. German national Proto-Indo-European *sekw- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *sokwéh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokwh2ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokwyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius ▲ Latin -ālis Latin sociālisder. French socialbor. German sozial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. ▲ French -isteinflu. German -ist German Sozialist German Nationalsozialist ▲ German Soziinflu. German Nazibor. English Nazi English -ification English Nazification From Nazi + -ification.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: nazifikim — act or process of Nazifying
  • Belarusian: нацыфіка́цыя (nacyfikácyja) — act or process of Nazifying
  • Bulgarian: нацифика́ция (nacifikácija) — act or process of Nazifying
  • Chinese Mandarin: 納粹化 /纳粹化 (nàcuìhuà) — act or process of Nazifying
  • Czech: nacifikace — act or process of Nazifying
  • Danish: nazificering — act or process of Nazifying
  • Dutch: nazificatie — act or process of Nazifying
  • Estonian: natsifitseerimine — act or process of Nazifying
  • Finnish: natsifikaatio — act or process of Nazifying
  • French: nazification — act or process of Nazifying
  • Georgian: ნაციფიკაცია (nacipiḳacia) — act or process of Nazifying
  • German: Nazifizierung — act or process of Nazifying
  • Hebrew: נָאצִיפִיקַצְיָה (natsifikátsya) — act or process of Nazifying
  • Italian: nazificazione — act or process of Nazifying
  • Japanese: ナチ化 (nachika) — act or process of Nazifying
  • Korean: 나치화 (nachihwa) — act or process of Nazifying
  • Latvian: nacifikācija — act or process of Nazifying
  • Lithuanian: nacifikacija — act or process of Nazifying
  • Macedonian: нацификација (nacifikacija) — act or process of Nazifying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nazifisering — act or process of Nazifying
  • Polish: nazyfikacja — act or process of Nazifying
  • Romanian: nazificare — act or process of Nazifying
  • Russian: нацифика́ция (nacifikácija) — act or process of Nazifying
  • Serbo-Croatian: нацифика́ција — act or process of Nazifying
  • Serbo-Croatian: nacifikácija — act or process of Nazifying
  • Slovak: nacifikácia — act or process of Nazifying
  • Slovene: nacifikacija — act or process of Nazifying
  • Swedish: nazifiering — act or process of Nazifying
  • Ukrainian: нацифіка́ція (nacyfikácija) — act or process of Nazifying
  • Vietnamese: quốc xã hoá — act or process of Nazifying