national socialist
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9.3
- adjective
- /ˈnæʃənl ˈsoʊʃəlɪst/
- Offensive
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nacionalsocialista
- In the 1930s, the Nazi Party was set up as the National Socialist Party.
- National Socialist Party
- National Socialist German Workers
- National Socialist architecture
Examples
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In the case of the Holocaust, the National Socialist Party's platform provided the goals through its ideology.
Academic text (2003) -
Hitler changed the name of the German Workers' Party to the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
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Were you a member of the National Socialist Party?
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Novel National Socialist measures were introduced.
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You see... the National Socialist Party is the people's party, nothing more.
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Indeed, in any investigation that takes National Socialist culture as its subject, art and politics become complementary terms.
Academic text (1996) -
And by the way, for people who don't know, the National Socialist German Workers Party is also known as the Nazi Party.
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All of these elements were steps along the road to eventual domination by the National Socialist Party.
Blog text (12) -
In Germany, Adolf Hitler's rise to power through the National Socialist Party was facilitated by the party's ability to control the media.
Academic text (1995) -
The national socialist ideology emphasized extreme nationalism and anti-communism.
Synonyms
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5.5
Relating to Hitler's party, its ideas or actions
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally analyzable — 'national' + 'socialist' signals a form of socialism oriented toward the nation, so learners can infer a general ideological combination. However, its specific reference to the historical Nazi movement and associated authoritarian/racial policies is not derivable from the parts and requires cultural-historical knowledge, so the meaning is only partially transparent.
Etymology
National socialist comes from the two words national and socialist, meaning a focus on the nation and some social ideas. The German party used this name to sound like it cared for the nation and workers, so today national socialist refers to the beliefs of the 'Nazi Party'.