1
: a member of a German fascist party controlling Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler
2
often not capitalized
a
: one who espouses the beliefs and policies of the German Nazis : fascist
b
: one who is likened to a German Nazi : a harshly domineering, dictatorial, or intolerant person
a grammar nazi
nazi
adjective
often capitalized
Examples of Nazi in a Sentence
a gang of racist Nazis
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The acts ranged from graffiti to attempted arson to relativisation or denial of the Nazi Holocaust.
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Born in Hamburg, Germany in 1928, Di Stefano vividly recalls how her happy childhood was interrupted under the Nazi regime.
—Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
In this soft dystopia, our military forces will not be destroyed in a cataclysmic confrontation with the armies of Communism, as befell Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The song is sung annually on April 25 in honor of Liberation Day, the celebration of the end of Benito Mussolini’s fascist dictatorship and Nazi occupation in Italy.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
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Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Born in Hamburg, Germany in 1928, Di Stefano vividly recalls how her happy childhood was interrupted under the Nazi regime.
—Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025
In this soft dystopia, our military forces will not be destroyed in a cataclysmic confrontation with the armies of Communism, as befell Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
The song is sung annually on April 25 in honor of Liberation Day, the celebration of the end of Benito Mussolini’s fascist dictatorship and Nazi occupation in Italy.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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