neo-Nazi

Meanings

Noun

• A person who believes in a (post-WWII) version of Nazi ideology.
• A person with very right-wing and domineering or intolerant views.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to Neo-Nazis, their organisations or their ideology.

Origin

• Originally from postwar (1952) French néonazi, used to describe any number of movements, which saw themselves as believers of Nazi ideology or whose ideology had similar attributes. The term spread throughout the Western world acquiring a broader usage.