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Nazism

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈnɑːt.si.ɪz.əm/
  • uncommon: /ˈnɑːts.ɪz.əm/
  • uncommon: /ˈnæt.si.ɪz.əm/
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  • CMU ARPABET: N AE1 Z IH0 Z AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The ideology of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP), being a form of fascism characterised by Adolf Hitler's cult of personality, hate propaganda, white supremacy, extreme bigotry (especially antisemitism and racism), eugenics, mass violence, genocide, ethnonationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state capitalism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The ideology of derived, copycat or other neo-Nazi groups that support most or all of that ideology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of Nazism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Naziism, national socialism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fascism, socialism, socialist economy

Narrower terms: Falange

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 ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Nazism From Nazi + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: nazizëm — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Arabic: نَازِيَّة (nāziyya) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Armenian: նացիզմ (nacʻizm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Asturian: nazismu — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Azerbaijani: nasizm — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Belarusian: нацы́зм (nacýzm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Bengali: নাৎসিবাদ (natśibad) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Bulgarian: наци́зъм (nacízǎm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Burmese: နာဇီဝါဒ (najiwada.) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Carpathian Rusyn: наці́зм (nacízm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Catalan: nazisme — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Chinese Cantonese: 納粹主義 /纳粹主义 (naap6 seoi5 zyu2 ji6) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Chinese Mandarin: 納粹主義 /纳粹主义 (nàcuìzhǔyì) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Czech: nacismus — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Danish: nazisme — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Dutch: nazisme — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Esperanto: naziismo — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Estonian: natsism — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Finnish: natsismi — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • French: nazisme — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Georgian: ნაციზმი (nacizmi) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • German: Nazismus — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Greek: ναζισμός (nazismós) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Gujarati: નાઝીવાદ (nājhīvād) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Hebrew: נָאצִיזְם (natsízm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Hindi: नाज़ीवाद (nāzīvād) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Hindi: नात्सीवाद (nātsīvād) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Hindi: नाज़िज़्म (nāzizm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Hindi: नात्सिज़्म (nātsizm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Hungarian: nácizmus — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Hunsrik: Nazismus — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Icelandic: nasismi — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Indonesian: nazisme — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Irish: Naitsíochas — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Italian: nazismo — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Japanese: ナチズム (nachizumu) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Kannada: ನಾಜಿಸಮ್ (nājisam) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Kazakh: нацизм (naţizm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Khmer: ណាស៊ីនិយម (naasiiniyum) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Korean: 나치즘 (nachijeum) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Northern Kurdish: nazîzm — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Kyrgyz: нацизм (natsizm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Lao: ລັດທິນາຊີ (lat thi nā sī) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Latin: nazismus — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Latvian: nacisms — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Lithuanian: nacizmas — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Macedonian: наци́зам (nacízam) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Malay: Nazisme — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Malayalam: നാസിസം (nāsisaṁ) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Maltese: nażiżmu — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Marathi: नाझीवाद (nājhīvād) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Mongolian: нацизм (nacizm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nazisme — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Pashto: نازيزم (nāzizm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Iranian Persian: نازیسْم (nâzism) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Polish: nazizm — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Portuguese: nazismo — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Romanian: nazism — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Russian: наци́зм (nacízm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Serbo-Croatian: нацѝзам — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Serbo-Croatian: nacìzam — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Slovak: nacizmus — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Slovene: nacizem — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Upper Sorbian: nacizm — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Spanish: nazismo — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Swedish: nazism — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Tagalog: nazismo — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Tajik: натсизм (natsizm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Tajik: нацизм (nacizm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Tajik: нозисм (nozism) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Tamil: நாசிசம் (nācicam) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Telugu: నాజీయిజం (nājīyijaṁ) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Thai: ระบอบนาซี (rá-bɔ̀ɔp-naa-sii) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Thai: ลัทธินาซี (lát-tí-naa-sii) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Turkish: Nazizm — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Turkmen: nasizm — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Ukrainian: наци́зм (nacýzm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Urdu: نازِزْم (nāzizm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Urdu: نازِیَت (nāziyat) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Uyghur: ناتسىزم (natsizm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Uzbek: natsizm — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa Quốc xã — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa xã hội quốc gia — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Welsh: Natsïaeth — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
  • Yiddish: נאַציזם (natsizm) — the ideology of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party
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