Nazi

Na•zi

[[t]ˈnɑt si, ˈnæt-[/t]] n. pl. -zis, adj.

1) gov a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust

2) gov (often l.c.) a person elsewhere who holds similar views

3) off-cvb (often l.c.) sometimes off. a person who is fanatically dedicated to or seeks to control a specified activity, practice, etc.:

a jazz nazi who disdains other forms of music; a body Nazi who works out four hours a day[/ex]

4) gov of or pertaining to the Nazis

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Etymology: 1925–30; < G Nazi, short for Nationalsozialist National Socialist Na′zism -sɪz əm Na′zi•ism,n. usage: Definition4of Nazi has existed at least since 1980 and parallels other words such as police (def. 6), as in thought police, and cop II (def. 2), as in language cops. Though this use is usually intended as jocular, it is sometimes used intentionally to denigrate an opposing point of view. However, many people find these uses offensive, feeling that they trivialize the terrible crimes of the Nazis of Germany.