NAZISM Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

Nazism

noun

Definition of Nazism

as in fascism

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Recent Examples of Nazism Hitler and Nazism are the opposite of what America needs today. — John Seiler, Oc Register, 28 Apr. 2026 The creative work of Albert Speer, Hitler’s architect, the Cathedral of Light became an aesthetic hallmark of Nazism. — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026 The inmates swore to punish the guilty, destroy Nazism and create a new world of peace. — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2026 Still, some historians object to reincarnating a place so central to Nazism as a cultural venue for pleasure. — Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Nazism

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Noun

There never was a better moment for a movement aimed at resisting fascism, preventing war and eliminating poverty at home.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Many immigrants who arrived in the United States from Europe, including some Italians who came during the two years between Mussolini’s March on Rome and the passage of the Immigration Act of 1924, left Italy because of the rise of fascism.

— Ed Simon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of fascism

Noun

Most often, socialism morphs into totalitarianism, as its egalitarian ideals are no match for human nature.

— Nolan Finley The Detroit News, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026
Interesting, too, how the project’s warnings about Russian totalitarianism, particularly stark in DAU.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of totalitarianism

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His raspy voice, his beard, his missing finger and the cadence of his speech have been fixtures of Brazilian public life since Brazil’s first direct presidential election after the dictatorship ended in 1985.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
This strategy is unlikely to work on liberal Israelis, who view this election as the last chance to save their homeland from sliding into dictatorship.

— Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026

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