Nazi.
a member or (ideological) supporter of the Nazi Party, Nazism, or neo-Nazism; a National Socialist
Meaning & usage
a member or (ideological) supporter of the Nazi Party, Nazism, or neo-Nazism; a National Socialist
a general, extremely strong insult, chiefly of someone right-wing, authoritarian or xenophobic
an expression of strong contempt for someone or something right-wing, authoritarian or xenophobic, as in Nazischwein, Nazipropaganda, etc.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tisder. Proto-Italic *gnātiō Latin nātiō Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis New Latin nātionālisbor. German national Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius ▲ Latin -ālis Latin sociālisder. French socialbor. German sozial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. ▲ French -isteinflu. German -ist German Sozialist German Nationalsozialist ▲ German Soziinflu. German Nazi 1924, representing the pronunciation of Nati- in Nationalsozialist (“National Socialist”), influenced by Sozi (“socialist”), as pejorative possibly also influenced by Nazi, a Bavarian hypocorism of Ignatius.
a diminutive of the male given names Ignaz and Ignatius
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