n.
Pronunciation: ' nät-s ē , ' nat-
Function: noun
Etymology: German, by shortening & alteration from Nationalsozialist, from national national + Sozialist socialist
Date: 1930
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
– nazi adjective often cap
– na · zi · fi · ca · tion \ ˌ nät-si-f ə - ' k ā -sh ə n, ˌ nat- \ noun often cap
– na · zi · fy \ ' nät-si- ˌ f ī , ' nat- \ transitive verb often cap