Nazi

Meanings

Noun

• A member of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, commonly called the NSDAP or Nazi Party).
• One who subscribes to or advocates (neo-)Nazism or a similarly fascist, racist (especially anti-Semitic), xenophobic, ethnic supremacist, or ultranationalist ideology; a neo-Nazi.
• One who imposes one’s views on others; one who is considered unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
• A German, a person of German descent, or a person perceived to be of German descent.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party (NSDAP) specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism or neo-Nazis more generally.
• Domineering, totalitarian, or intolerant.

Proper Noun

• The language (ideological jargon) of Nazi.
• The German language.

Origin

• From German Nazi, a (attested since 1903, as a shortening of national-sozial), since in German the nati- in national is approximately pronounced Nazi ; compare the parallel pejorative terms Sozi, Kozi. the use of that abbreviation by the Nazis' opponents and its avoidance by the Nazis themselves.