Nazism

noun

Na·​zism ˈnät-sē-ˌi-zəm 

ˈnat-;

ˈnät-ˌsi-zəm 

ˈnat-

variants or less commonly Naziism

ˈnät-sē-ˌi-zəm 

ˈnat-

: the body of political and economic doctrines held and put into effect by the Nazis in Germany from 1933 to 1945 including the totalitarian principle of government, predominance of especially Germanic groups assumed to be racially superior, and supremacy of the führer

Examples of Nazism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In a State of the State address last month that ended with a scathing assessment of Trump’s actions, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, who is Jewish, implored lawmakers to remember what gave rise to Nazism in Germany nearly a century ago. —Nicholas Riccardi, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025

As Neville Chamberlain’s ghost watched, Vice President JD Vance lit into Europeans in a speech in Munich and then met the leader of an extremist right-wing party, the Alternative for Germany, which many Germans see as descended from Nazism. —Nicholas D. Kristof, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025

That includes the postwar alliance forged in the fight against Nazism. —Massimo Calabresi/dachau, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025

For Vance to lecture the Germans on how to govern themselves—the Germans, who rose from the traumas of Nazism to build a vibrant and enduring democracy—was inappropriate and bizarre. —Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Nazi + -ism

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above