n.
Pronunciation: ' nät- ˌ si-z ə m, ' nat-
Variant: also Na · zi · ism \ -s ē - ˌ i-z ə m \
Function: noun
Etymology: Nazi + -ism
Date: 1934
: the body of political and economic doctrines held and put into effect by the Nazis in Germany from 1933 to 1945 including the totalitarian principle of government, predominance of especially Germanic groups assumed to be racially superior, and supremacy of the führer