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
Recent Examples on the Web
Six million Jewish people were murdered under Hitler’s Nazi regime.
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Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024
Image This was the work of Kim Ki-nam, who earned comparisons to Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s propaganda minister.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 8 May 2024
The atmosphere around Victory Day on May 9, a holiday celebrating the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, is always charged with martial fervor and a sense of Russia’s enduring resilience.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2024
On college campuses and in the streets, Jews in the U.S. and beyond are finding themselves on opposite sides of a conflict rooted in divergent interpretations of the Nazi genocide.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
The remarks are part of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum ceremony marking the Days of Remembrance to honor the memory of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust as well as other victims of Nazi persecution.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 7 May 2024
Their father was a Holocaust denier and held Nazi meetings at the house, says Randy, who claims a Nazi flag hung on their father’s office wall.
—Valentina Valentini, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
In prison, Griner watched Russian propaganda on television that linked President Biden to the Nazi party, and brushed her teeth with toothpaste that had expired in 2007.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 7 May 2024
Part Evil Dead, part Zombie Lake, and wholly insane, this rollicking yarn follows a group of hard-partying medical students to a mountain retreat where they’re summarily set upon by the corpses of Nazi soldiers once exiled to the woods around them.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2024
Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024
Image This was the work of Kim Ki-nam, who earned comparisons to Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s propaganda minister.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 8 May 2024
The atmosphere around Victory Day on May 9, a holiday celebrating the anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, is always charged with martial fervor and a sense of Russia’s enduring resilience.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2024
On college campuses and in the streets, Jews in the U.S. and beyond are finding themselves on opposite sides of a conflict rooted in divergent interpretations of the Nazi genocide.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
The remarks are part of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum ceremony marking the Days of Remembrance to honor the memory of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust as well as other victims of Nazi persecution.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 7 May 2024
Their father was a Holocaust denier and held Nazi meetings at the house, says Randy, who claims a Nazi flag hung on their father’s office wall.
—Valentina Valentini, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
In prison, Griner watched Russian propaganda on television that linked President Biden to the Nazi party, and brushed her teeth with toothpaste that had expired in 2007.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 7 May 2024
Part Evil Dead, part Zombie Lake, and wholly insane, this rollicking yarn follows a group of hard-partying medical students to a mountain retreat where they’re summarily set upon by the corpses of Nazi soldiers once exiled to the woods around them.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Nazi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Nazi. Accessed 12 May. 2024.
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