1
: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler
2
often not capitalized
a
: one who espouses the beliefs and policies of the German Nazis : fascist
b
: one who is likened to a German Nazi : a harshly domineering, dictatorial, or intolerant person
a grammar nazi
nazi
adjective
often capitalized
Examples of Nazi in a Sentence
a gang of racist Nazis
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In 1939, Lilly Cassirer Neubauer was forced to sell an 1897 oil by Camille Pissarro to a Nazi art appraiser in order to flee Germany before the impending war.
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2024
On this day in 1935: The Nuremberg Laws, enacted at a Reichstag session during the Nuremberg Rally, codified Nazi racial ideology into law, notably through measures like the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, which prohibited unions between Jews and Germans.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2024
Emma Corrin Based Their Deadpool & Wolverine Villain on Willy Wonka and a Fictional Nazi
Corrin will play the diabolical Cassandra Nova in the final installment of the Deadpool trilogy.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
Due to the Nazi occupation in Vienna, Sigmund Freud was forced to flee in 1938, after 78 years of residence in Austria.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 12 Sep. 2024
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 17 Sep. 2024
On this day in 1935: The Nuremberg Laws, enacted at a Reichstag session during the Nuremberg Rally, codified Nazi racial ideology into law, notably through measures like the Law for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor, which prohibited unions between Jews and Germans.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2024
Emma Corrin Based Their Deadpool & Wolverine Villain on Willy Wonka and a Fictional Nazi
Corrin will play the diabolical Cassandra Nova in the final installment of the Deadpool trilogy.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
Due to the Nazi occupation in Vienna, Sigmund Freud was forced to flee in 1938, after 78 years of residence in Austria.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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