NAZIFY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nazify mean? 

• NAZIFY (verb)
  The verb NAZIFY has 1 sense:

1. cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character

  Familiarity information: NAZIFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAZIFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they nazify    ... he / she / it nazifies   
Past simple: nazified   
Past participle: nazified   
-ing form: nazifying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The arts were nazified everywhere in Germany

Hypernyms (to "nazify" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

denazify (free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance)

Derivation:

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