NAZISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A form of socialism featuring racism and expansionism and obedience to a strong leader

Synonyms:

national socialism; Naziism; Nazism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Nazism" is a kind of...):

fascism (a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism))

socialism; socialist economy (an economic system based on state ownership of capital)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Nazism"):

Falange (the Spanish Nazi party under Franco)

Derivation:

nazify (cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character)