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NAZISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nazism mean?
• NAZISM (noun)
The noun NAZISM has 1 sense:
1. a form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader
Familiarity information: NAZISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
national socialism; Naziism; Nazism
Hypernyms ("Nazism" is a kind of...):
fascism (a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism))
socialism; socialist economy (an economic system based on state ownership of capital)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Nazism"):
Falange (the Spanish Nazi party under Franco)
Derivation:
nazify (cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character)
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