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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Case in point, James Moll’s The Last Days, which zeroes in on a handful of Hungarian Jews who survived the Holocaust in the last year of World War II, when Nazi Germany occupied Hungary and began mass deportations to concentration camps.
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Will Harris, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Billy recalled learning the disturbing detail that the man who took over his grandfather's Nuremberg factory began using it to produce the uniforms the Nazi prisoners wore.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Any mention of good genes is racist and proof of a Nazi revival.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025
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Will Harris, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Billy recalled learning the disturbing detail that the man who took over his grandfather's Nuremberg factory began using it to produce the uniforms the Nazi prisoners wore.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Any mention of good genes is racist and proof of a Nazi revival.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 1 Aug. 2025
For August 1: What to Know Elon Musk's Tesla Diner Hit With Inflatable Nazi Protest
Thousands of Boeing Employees Could Strike Next Week: What To Know?
—Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for Nazi
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“Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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