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Na·zi
(nät′sē, năt′-)n. pl. Na·zis
1. A member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power in 1933 under Adolf Hitler.
2. An adherent or advocate of policies characteristic of Nazism; a fascist.
3. often nazi Informal A severely intolerant or dictatorial person: food nazis who want to ban salt in restaurants.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, controlled by, or typical of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
2. often nazi Informal Severely intolerant or dictatorial: loathed the nazi gym teacher.
[German, short for Nationalsozialist (the abbreviation being in part popularized by opponents of the Nazis, perhaps influenced by earlier German regional Nazi, awkward, clumsy person, from Nazi, Iggy, short for the name Ignatius), from Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, National Socialist German Workers' Party.]
Na′zi·fi·ca′tion (-sə-fĭ-kā′shən) n.
Na′zi·fy′ (-sə-fī′) v.
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Nazify
(ˈnɑːtsɪˌfaɪ)vb, -fies, -fying or -fied
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to make Nazi in character
ˌNazifiˈcation n
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Na•zi•fy
(ˈnɑt sɪˌfaɪ, ˈnæt-)v.t. -fied, -fy•ing. (sometimes l.c.)
to place under Nazi control or influence.
[1933]
Na`zi•fi•ca′tion, n.
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Nazify
Past participle: Nazified
Gerund: Nazifying
| Imperative |
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| Nazify |
| Nazify |
| Present |
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| I Nazify |
| you Nazify |
| he/she/it Nazifies |
| we Nazify |
| you Nazify |
| they Nazify |
| Preterite |
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| I Nazified |
| you Nazified |
| he/she/it Nazified |
| we Nazified |
| you Nazified |
| they Nazified |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am Nazifying |
| you are Nazifying |
| he/she/it is Nazifying |
| we are Nazifying |
| you are Nazifying |
| they are Nazifying |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have Nazified |
| you have Nazified |
| he/she/it has Nazified |
| we have Nazified |
| you have Nazified |
| they have Nazified |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was Nazifying |
| you were Nazifying |
| he/she/it was Nazifying |
| we were Nazifying |
| you were Nazifying |
| they were Nazifying |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had Nazified |
| you had Nazified |
| he/she/it had Nazified |
| we had Nazified |
| you had Nazified |
| they had Nazified |
| Future |
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| I will Nazify |
| you will Nazify |
| he/she/it will Nazify |
| we will Nazify |
| you will Nazify |
| they will Nazify |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have Nazified |
| you will have Nazified |
| he/she/it will have Nazified |
| we will have Nazified |
| you will have Nazified |
| they will have Nazified |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be Nazifying |
| you will be Nazifying |
| he/she/it will be Nazifying |
| we will be Nazifying |
| you will be Nazifying |
| they will be Nazifying |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been Nazifying |
| you have been Nazifying |
| he/she/it has been Nazifying |
| we have been Nazifying |
| you have been Nazifying |
| they have been Nazifying |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been Nazifying |
| you will have been Nazifying |
| he/she/it will have been Nazifying |
| we will have been Nazifying |
| you will have been Nazifying |
| they will have been Nazifying |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been Nazifying |
| you had been Nazifying |
| he/she/it had been Nazifying |
| we had been Nazifying |
| you had been Nazifying |
| they had been Nazifying |
| Conditional |
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| I would Nazify |
| you would Nazify |
| he/she/it would Nazify |
| we would Nazify |
| you would Nazify |
| they would Nazify |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have Nazified |
| you would have Nazified |
| he/she/it would have Nazified |
| we would have Nazified |
| you would have Nazified |
| they would have Nazified |
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Verb 1. nazify - cause or force to adopt Nazism or a Nazi character; "Hitler nazified Germany in the 1930's"; "The arts were nazified everywhere in Germany"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
denazify - free from Nazi ideology or detach from Nazi allegiance; "Germany was denazified after WW II"; "The highest judges were never denazified"
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