Stasi
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Stasi
- /ˈstɑːzi/
- /ˈʃtɑːzi/
Rhymes with -ɑːzi
Where it comes from
From German Stasi, abbreviation of Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (“Ministry for State Security”).
proper noun
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The Ministry for State Security, secret police and intelligence organization of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
Similar: MSS
noun Stasi
- One who engages in covert surveillence or similar activities associated with secret police. The Facebook Stasi then surreptitiously monitored the subscribers' writing to note changes in vocabulary to indicate mood swings.
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One who imposes one's views on others; one who is unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict.
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.
Similar: Nazi
Translations
Talk about this word "Stasi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stasi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Stasi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stasi "Stasi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stasi.Cite this
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title = {Stasi},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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