Nazism
noun
Na·zism
ˈnät-sē-ˌi-zəm 
ˈnat-;
ˈnät-ˌsi-zəm
ˈnat-
variants
or less commonly Naziism
ˈnät-sē-ˌi-zəm
ˈnat-
: the body of political and economic doctrines held and put into effect by the Nazis in Germany from 1933 to 1945 including the totalitarian principle of government, predominance of especially Germanic groups assumed to be racially superior, and supremacy of the führer
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The curators’ skittishness is understandable, for any mention of Friedrich vis-à-vis war calls up the specter of Nazism.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Feb. 2025
In the nineteen-thirties, Moll embraced Nazism; his daughter Maria, Alma’s half sister, was married to a judge who became a Nazi official.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The painting features robust, muscular figures in the style of Michelangelo and references the Klan, Nazism, torture, communism, and the Inquisition, evident in such forms as a swastika, hooded figures, a cross, and a hammer and sickle.
—News Desk, Artforum, 3 Feb. 2025
Instead, he's made numerous posts accusing Democratic politicians of making similar gestures, made jokes about Nazism, and backed the far-right German nationalist party AfD.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Feb. 2025
In the nineteen-thirties, Moll embraced Nazism; his daughter Maria, Alma’s half sister, was married to a judge who became a Nazi official.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The painting features robust, muscular figures in the style of Michelangelo and references the Klan, Nazism, torture, communism, and the Inquisition, evident in such forms as a swastika, hooded figures, a cross, and a hammer and sickle.
—News Desk, Artforum, 3 Feb. 2025
Instead, he's made numerous posts accusing Democratic politicians of making similar gestures, made jokes about Nazism, and backed the far-right German nationalist party AfD.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Nazism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazism. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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