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Nazify en · VERB

Etymology

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 Nazibor. English Nazi English -fy English Nazify From Nazi + -fy.

Meanings

1. To subject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism).
   • It did more to de-nazify the Germans than to nazify the French. 1941, Abraham Wolf, Higher Education in German-occupied Countries:
   • The Ministry of Education expects the teachers of history to espouse National Socialism positively. Thus how to Nazify rather than whether to Nazify […] 1976, Howard Paul Becker, German Youth: Bond or Free:

Forms

Deriveds

Nazification · de-Nazify · re-Nazify

Relateds

National Socialist · re-Nazification · de-Nazification · de-Nazifier

Translations (5)

es nazificar (subject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism)) · de nazifizieren (subject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism)) · it nazificare (subject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism)) · fr nazifier (subject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism)) · ru нацифици́ровать (subject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism))