stasi
/ˈstɑːzi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The Ministry for State Security, secret police and intelligence organization of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
noun
One who engages in covert surveillence or similar activities associated with secret police.
Derogatory
noun
One who imposes one's views on others; one who is unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "The Facebook Stasi then surreptitiously monitored the subscribers' writing to note changes in vocabulary to indicate mood swings."
- "All vile and grossly insensitive certainly; but on balance I think I’m more afraid of the Twitter Stasi and their increasingly zealous police enforcers."
- "After the image was removed, Mr Harlass shared the image of the couple, writing: "Apparently the Facebook Stasi has removed this wonderful, pure picture.""
- "I suspect the vast majority of us, on all points of the political spectrum, don't want to live in a society where Twitter Stasi are constantly looking for wrongthink to report to one's employer[…]"
Etymology
From German Stasi, abbreviation of Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (“Ministry for State Security”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Stasi