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neo-Nazi

  • /ˌnioʊˈnɑːtsi/

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Originally from postwar French néonazi which first appears in 1952, equivalent to neo- + Nazi, and used to describe any number of movements, which saw themselves as believers of Nazi ideology or whose ideology had similar attributes. The term spread throughout the Western world acquiring a broader usage. However, its first use appears c. 1941 in the now-defunct Piqua Daily Call.

noun neo-Nazis

  1. An adherent of neo-Nazism, any of various (far right, authoritarian, or bigoted) post-World War II Nazi ideologies. Andrew Anglin, head of the now defunct alt-right publication Daily Stormer, a Neo-Nazi, and friend of Richard Spencer claimed on his site that “the only thing in our movement that really matters [is] anti-Semitism […] Last but not least, President Trump himself was key in mainstreaming alt-right pol

    Similar: neo-Nazist

adjective more neo-Nazi · most neo-Nazi

  1. not comparable, usually Of or pertaining to neo-Nazism or neo-Nazis. On the whole the Galicians have been at the more pitiful end of the spectrum, trading infantile political insults on the web, each trying desperately to appear more neo-Nazi than the other.

    Similar: neo-Nazist

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noun person who believes in a Nazi ideology

Españolneonazi
한국어네오나치 ne'onachi, 신나치 sinnachi
日本語ネオナチ neonachi
中文新納粹 /新纳粹 xīnnàcuì
हिन्दीनवनाज़ी navnāzī
Portuguêsneonazista, neonazi
Françaisnéo-nazi
DeutschNeonazi
Italianoneonazista
Ελληνικάνεοναζί neonazí, νεοναζιστής neonazistís, νεοναζίστρια neonazístria
Românăneonazist, neonazistă
Русскийнеонаци́ст neonacíst, неонаци́стка neonacístka, неона́ци neonáci
العربيةنَازِيّ جَدِيد nāziyy jadīd, نَازِيُّون جُدُد nāziyyūn judud
עבריתנֵאוֹ נָאצִי neo nátsi

adj of or pertaining to Neo-Nazism

Françaisnéo-nazi
DeutschNeonazi-
Ελληνικάνεοναζιστικός neonazistikós
Русскийнеонаци́стский neonacístskij

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@misc{neo_nazi_2026,
  title = {neo-Nazi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/neo-nazi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}