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never again en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Current use as slogan popularized after the Holocaust, including by Meir Kahane's titular 1972 book and Jewish Defense League's 1968 adoption of the slogan.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, qualifier:set phrase) At no time in the future; usually said of a negative event, practice, etc., which should not be allowed to reoccur.
    • What could be more cynical than a cash grab wrapped up in “never again?” 2025 January 28, “The Fall of Goma”, in Council on Foreign Relations:
    • Never again becomes more than a slogan: It’s a prayer, a promise, a vow … never again the glorification of base, ugly, dark violence 2012, Elie Wiesel, 'Never Again': From a Holocaust phrase to a universal phrase:
    • No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us. 1941 December 8, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 5:09 from the start, in Day of Infamy Speech, Washington, D.C.:
    • Yet, as Rose says, "Never again is obsolete. Never again is now.” She points out that there are contemporary genocides and many human rights violations happening at this very second. Rose's words challenge us all to respond to the moral imperative of standing up when confronted by injustice, ... 2014, Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Whitney Douglas, Sara W. Fry, The Activist Learner: Inquiry, Literacy, and Service to Make Learning Better, Teachers College Press, →ISBN, page 93:

Relateds

never forget

Synonyms

nevermore (at no time in the future)

Translations (33)

fr plus jamais ça (at no time in the future) · hu sohasem (at no time in the future) · fr plus jamais (at no time in the future) · he לעולם לא עוד (at no time in the future) · it mai più (at no time in the future) · eo neniam plu (at no time in the future) · cu николиже пакꙑ (at no time in the future) · sh nikad više (at no time in the future) · la numquam iterum (at no time in the future) · es nunca más (at no time in the future) · gl nunca máis (at no time in the future) · el ποτέ ξανά (at no time in the future) · is aldrei aftur (at no time in the future) · pl nigdy więcej (at no time in the future) · de nie wieder (at no time in the future) · bg никога вече (at no time in the future) · cmn 永不再會 /永不再会 (at no time in the future) · cy byth eto (at no time in the future) · ja 二度とない (at no time in the future) · ms tidak sekali (at no time in the future) · id jangan sampai lagi terulang (at no time in the future) · de niemals mehr (at no time in the future) · de nimmermehr (at no time in the future) · ro niciodată (at no time in the future) · nl nimmermeer (at no time in the future) · fi milloinkaan (at no time in the future) · id jangan sampai terulang lagi (at no time in the future) · ru никогда́ бо́льше (at no time in the future) · grc μήποτε πάλιν (at no time in the future) · uk ніко́ли зно́ву (at no time in the future) · es más nunca (at no time in the future) · pt nunca mais (at no time in the future) · fr jamais plus (at no time in the future)