Nazi
noun/ˈnɑːtsi/
/ˈnɑːtsi/
- a member of the National Socialist party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945
- (disapproving) a person who uses their power in a cruel way; a person with extreme and unreasonable views, especially racist or anti-Semitic views (= feelings of hatred for people who are not white, who are Jewish, etc.)
Word OriginGerman, abbreviation representing the pronunciation of Nati- in Nationalsozialist ‘national socialist’, probably by analogy with Sozi, from Sozialist ‘socialist’.
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