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NAZI

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A German member of Adolf Hitler's political party

Synonyms:

German Nazi; Nazi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Nazi" is a kind of...):

fascist (an adherent of fascism or other authoritarian views)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Nazi"):

Brownshirt (a member of the Nazi SA which wore brown uniforms)

storm trooper (a member of the Nazi SA)

Instance hyponyms:

Adolf Eichmann; Eichmann; Karl Adolf Eichmann (Austrian who became the Nazi official who administered the concentration camps where millions of Jews were murdered during World War II (1906-1962))

Goebbels; Joseph Goebbels; Paul Joseph Goebbels (German propaganda minister in Nazi Germany who persecuted the Jews (1897-1945))

Goering; Goring; Hermann Goering; Hermann Goring; Hermann Wilhelm Goring (German politician in Nazi Germany who founded the Gestapo and mobilized Germany for war (1893-1946))

Hess; Rudolf Hess; Walther Richard Rudolf Hess (Nazi leader who in 1941 flew a solo flight to Scotland in an apparent attempt to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain but was imprisoned for life (1894-1987))

Heinrich Himmler; Himmler (German Nazi who was chief of the SS and the Gestapo and who oversaw the genocide of six million Jews (1900-1945))

Adolf Hitler; Der Fuhrer; Hitler (German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("nazi" is a kind of...):

controller; restrainer (a person who directs and restrains)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to a form of socialism

Example:

the national socialist party came to power in Germany in 1933

Synonyms:

national socialist; Nazi

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

socialism (an economic system based on state ownership of capital)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to or consistent with or typical of the ideology and practice of Nazism or the Nazis

Example:

the Nazi interpretation of history

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

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