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national socialism

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables
na-tion-al -so-cial-ism
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ideology of the Nazi Party, including an authoritarian government, ethnic nationalism (including but not limited to Pan-Germanism) and adequate territory (Lebensraum), and economic cooperation between the state and capital.

Uncountable

noun

The ideology of any other (neo-)Nazi party; Nazism.

Uncountable

Etymology

Calque of German Nationalsozialismus.

Usage

Phrases

National Socialist

Frequently Paired Words

Nazi

Synonyms

Nazism Hitlerism Strasserism naziism

Questions

What does national socialism mean?
The ideology of the Nazi Party, including an authoritarian government, ethnic nationalism (including but not limited to Pan-Germanism) and adequate territory (Lebensraum), and economic cooperation between the state and capital.
Where does national socialism come from?
Calque of German Nationalsozialismus.

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