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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The ideology and practice of the Nazis, especially the policy of racist nationalism, national expansion, and state control of the economy.

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  • proper noun The ideology of Adolf Hitler’s NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers’ Party), including a Führer’s totalitarian government, racism, and often nationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state control of the (war) economy.

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

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Nazi +‎ -ism

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