neo-Nazi

noun

: a member of a group espousing the programs and policies of Hitler's Nazis
neo-Nazi adjective
neo-Nazism noun

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San Bernardino children were among those coerced by neo-Nazis into producing child pornography, feds say. Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2025 With its links to neo-Nazi groups, the AfD is on German intelligence agencies’ extremism watch list. Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025 The 29-year-old cofounder of the Atomwaffen Division, a neo-Nazi guerrilla organization that was responsible for five homicides and a number of bomb plots before the FBI dismantled it in 2020, Russell was arrested by federal agents in February 2023 along with his girlfriend, Sarah Clendaniel. Ali Winston, WIRED, 29 Jan. 2025 Indeed, all one has to do is consider the way in which Musk's gesture was interpreted by card-carrying neo-fascists and neo-Nazis across the Western world. Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for neo-Nazi 

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of neo-Nazi was in 1938

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“Neo-Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neo-Nazi. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.

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