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de-Nazification

de-Nazification

8.6
To remove Nazis from power and stop Nazi ideas after World War II
  • noun
  • /diːˌnɑːzɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
translation icon : desnazificación
  • The de-Nazification process took several years to complete.

Examples

  • De-Nazification involved screening officials for links to the Nazi Party.

  • Historians still debate the effectiveness of de-Nazification in postwar Europe.

  • The Allies implemented de-Nazification policies in Germany after the war.

  • Many officials were removed during the de-Nazification efforts.

  • The Allies implemented de-Nazification to ensure that Nazi officials could not regain power in post-war Germany.

  • After World War II, de-Nazification aimed to purge Nazi ideology from German society and education.

  • Many former Nazis were subject to de-Nazification processes, which removed them from government positions.

Synonyms

denazification
vsde-Nazification
  • Formal
1 9.9

Removing Nazis from power and stopping Nazi ideas in public life

is the same process but written with a hyphen

Antonyms

Nazification
1 9.9

Making people and public institutions follow Nazi ideas and rules, for example in Germany before and during World War II

How Thorough

de-Nazification
8.6
token
5 6.7

Surface Forms

de-Nazification singular
de-Nazifications plural

Morphology

de-Nazification = Nazification (semi-transparent) = de + Nazi + fication

If a learner knows 'Nazification', the prefix 'de-' clearly signals reversal or removal of that process.

Etymology

The word de-Nazification is made from the prefix de- meaning 'remove' and Nazi, so it literally names the process of removing Nazis and their ideas. That is why it was used after World War II to take Nazis out of power and reduce Nazi influence.