Nazi
ナチ、ナチス。
ナチ党員 (= member of the Nazi Party)
独裁者、極右、人種差別論者。
独善家。自分の考えを押し付ける人。ルールに厳格で融通のきかない人。
熱狂的な人。熱心に打ち込んでいる人。
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ETYMOLOGY
1930, the term Nazi entered English that is the German abbreviation of Nationalsozialist or Nationalsozialistisch, & is also said as a German regional pun created by the opponents of this political party that was referred to as the pet name of Ignatius, which implied a clumsy person. The official full name is die Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) or the National Socialist German Workers’ Party.
In the late 1980s, from the fact that the Nazis were fanatic, the new sense of a “very zealous person” was formed.
In the late 1980s, the US slang term feminazi appeared as a compound of femi-, the shortened form of feminist, & Nazi, meaning “one who is considered to be holding extreme feminist views.”
MEANING & USAGE
In original & attributive use, one of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party members; of, by, related to, or controlled by this party (English speakers often use the phrase the Nazi Party):
The precursor to the Nazi Party was the German Workers’ Party (DAP) founded by Anton Drexler and Carl Harrer in Munich in January 1919. Adolf Hitler joined the DAP in September 1919…
A Nazi shot a young priest…
In 1920, the Nazi Party published the Twenty-Five Points…
The Nazi organizations monitored the vote process…
Was Ernst Röhm a Nazi?...
The Nazi policies, implemented by Adolf Hitler…
The Nazi book burnings, known as the Aktion against the in-German spirit, took place on the night of May 10, 1933.
The Nazi rearmament program…
The German Labor Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront) was a Nazi Organization…
Under the Nazi regime, the German government implemented extensive control over wages and working conditions…
Some workers perceived economic improvements under Nazi rule, particularly with the reduction of unemployment and implementation of the infrastructure projects…
While the Nazi Party gained support, it persecuted opposing individuals and groups…
The Confessing Church rejected Nazi interference in religious matters…
The Nazi salute, also known as Heil-Hitler salute…
The Nazi Bishop Ludwig Müller…
Nazi paramilitary forces SS and SA along with civilian sympathizers targeted Jewish-own businesses, synagogues, homes, and schools…
During the Nazi era in Germany, the regime implemented a program known as Aktion T4…
Both Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, led by Emperor Hirohito, saw the Soviet Union as a common adversary…
Nazi Lawyers Association…
Nazi eugenic ideology…
Nazi-occupied France…
The Nazi regime established several extermination camps…
The Nazi Holocaust or Shoah…
Nazi war criminals…
West Germany Nazi hunters…
In plural use, members of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party; the regime, government, order, paramilitary unit, officials, etc. of Adolf Hitler’s party:
Not all Germans were Nazis…
Those damned Nazis…
Gestapo, the Nazis’ Secret Police Forces…
They were hiding from Nazis…
The Nazis tapped into a strong sense of nationalism and pride among Germans, promising to restore the country’s greatness and overturn perceived humiliations from the Treaty of Versailles…
The Nazis attempted to co-opt the symbolism of May Day for their own purposes…
The Nazis effectively used propaganda to shape public opinions…
The Nazis utilized violence, intimidation, and suppression of political opponents to maintain control…
Mass shootings were one method used by the Nazis…
As the war progressed, the Nazis transitioned to more industrialized methods of mass murder, involving the extermination camps equipped with gas chambers and crematoria…
In extended & attributive use, a person similar to a member of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party; one who is in a political organization similar to the NSDAP or has Hitler-like political thoughts; a dictator, totalitarian, tyrant, or fascist; a racist:
Chilean Nazis…
I am an American Nazi…
IBM suspends ads on X after they appeared next to pro-Nazi content…
Nazis in Ukraine…
Neo-Nazis flood social media with calls for violence…
In hyperbolic or figurative use, one who imposes his or her views on others; a strict, inflexible person; a self-righteous person (This use rarely appears):
Step two three four, and back two three four. Talk about exercise Nazis!...
Health nazis are critical of the lifestyle of what they derisively label ‘couch potatoes’ whom they regard as ‘an inferior class of people’…
The grammar Nazi is obsessed with proper spelling and grammar…
In ameliorated fanatic use, one who is zealous for; one who is going his or her own way:
They are surf nazis…
DERIVATIVES & COMPOUNDS
anti-Nazi [anti-, the prefix that denotes opposing.]
Nazism [-ism, the suffix that denotes a system of theory or practice.]
neo-Nazism [neo- “new.”]
nazify [-ify, the verb-forming suffix. “To make a person or country to instill Nazi or similar fascist ideology.”]
nazifying [-ing, the suffix that means the continuous action or existence.]
Nazified [-ed, the suffix that forms the past & past participle of the verb.]
Nazification [-fication, the noun-forming suffix that means “making”; “the process that makes a country, person, etc. fit to Nazi ideology.”]
denazify [de-, the deprivation or removal prefix. “To remove Nazism”]
Denazification [“the process that groups of non-Nazi people removes Nazism.”]
Nazi-ish [-ish, the adjective-forming suffix “like; similar”]
Nazistic [-istic, the adjective-forming suffix “having Nazi ideology”]
non-Nazi [non-, the denial prefix; “one that is free from Nazism.”]
Naziphile [-phile, the suffix that forms the noun “one who loves” or the adjective “loving”]
pro-Nazi [pro-, the prefix “for, in favor of, on the side of”]
外来語
ナチ
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Naziが英語になったのは1930年。ドイツ語の「国家社会主義 (者)」の略語だが、この党に反対の人々がドイツ語方言で作った洒落だとも言われていて、それによると、ナチはイグナティウス「ぶきっちょ」の愛称である。
この政党の正式名称は「国家社会主義ドイツ労働者党」で、その政策はヴェルサイユ条約の破棄、自給自足経済の構築、ナチが定義する「アーリア人」支配の確立、ドイツ人居住区 (lebensraum) の拡張、ナチのイデオロギーで「下民 (Untermenschen)」に指定されたユダヤ人やそのほかロマニ人やシンティ人とスラブ系民族などの抹殺による「民族浄化」、及び、「生きるに値しない」と断定された同性愛者、障害者の抹殺による「遺伝子の優生化」、共産主義者や民主主義者などの反ナチの粛清、反個人主義と集団管理主義の徹底実践であった。アドルフ・ヒトラー総統 (Führer und Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler) の目論見では、以上の政策を断行することによって、ドイツ第三帝国は千年続くはずであった。
ナチは1933年にドイツで権力を握ると、1945年に連合軍に敗れ去るまで、ドイツを独裁政で統治した。
連合国によってナチが排除されたあとも英単語 Nazi は「独裁者、極右、人種差別論者、独善家」などの意味で使われ続け、1980年代には、意味が向上 (amelioration) して、「熱狂的な人、一心不乱の人」などの意味になった。 They are surf nazis 「彼らはサーフィンに無我夢中」といった用法には、Naziの持つ様々な性質、つまり、残虐性、独善性、反リベラル性、全体主義性、人種差別性、弱い者いじめの性質などといった意味合いはなく、もっぱら「熱中している、心酔している、～にバカになっている」といった意味である。そういう点では、意味の向上というよりは、要素の抽出でできた意味といっていいかもしれない。
1980年代後半の米国で使われ出したスラングの feminazi は「極端なフェミニズム論者」を指す。侮蔑の念が込められたこの単語はテレビのトーク番組で使われたことから広く知られるようになった。
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