national socialism
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- noun
- /ˈnæʃənl ˈsoʊʃəlɪzəm/
- Offensive
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nacionalsocialismo
- The ideology of national socialism emphasized extreme nationalism and the superiority of the Aryan race.
You had Soviet communism, you had National Socialism in Germany.
- You had Soviet communism, you had National Socialism in Germany.
- Yes, and in this way it's a little bit similar to National Socialism.
- And, and it's played out in various mass movements before, you know, uh, from Christianity to, to communism to National socialism.
Examples
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This kind of action, this kind of will to power that characterized National Socialism as well.
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Ultimately, the German university became a tool of national socialism.
Academic text (1990) -
Years ago, the push toward national socialism needed to occur very slowly because it would have been extremely obvious what was happening.
Blog text (3) -
"That position," he emphasized, "could best be characterized by the term 'national socialism.'
Academic text (1993) -
This, in and of itself, is a form of national socialism, where the individual states lose their power and identity in favor of the Federal government gaining more.
Blog text (3) -
Nazism is short for national socialism, which includes elements of fascism, both of the left.
Blog text (12) -
With the coming of Hitler and national socialism to Germany in the 1930s, and with its attendant casting out of philosophy, many of Germany’s great thinkers came to America and populated its universities.
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The rise of national socialism in Germany during the 1930s led to widespread persecution and war.
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Many historians study national socialism to understand its impact on 20th-century Europe.
Synonyms
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8.6
A political movement that supports racist ideas and strong, violent rule by one leader
A set of racist, nationalist beliefs and policies that support one-party rule and stop people who disagree
Surface Forms
Morphology
national + socialism
The phrase is compositionally built from 'national' + 'socialism', so a learner who knows both words will likely infer it means a form of socialism focused on the nation. However, the established historical meaning (National Socialism = Nazism, with specific racist, dictatorial connotations) is not fully derivable from the constituents alone and depends on proper-noun/historical knowledge, making the overall interpretation only partially predictable.
Etymology
National socialism joins national (meaning 'nation first') and socialism (meaning 'the state running the economy and some sharing of resources'). The name was used by the Nazi Party in Germany to make their racist, rule-by-a-dictator politics sound like a national movement, so today the term means that dangerous form of politics.