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DENAZIFICATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does denazification mean?
• DENAZIFICATION (noun)
The noun DENAZIFICATION has 1 sense:
1. social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism
Familiarity information: DENAZIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
de-Nazification; denazification
Context example:
denazification was a slow process
Hypernyms ("denazification" is a kind of...):
social process (a process involved in the formation of groups of persons)
Derivation:
denazify (free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance)
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