Definition of "Nazi"

Nazi

/ˈnɑːtsi/

noun
plural Nazis
1. (historical) A member of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP).
2. (by extension) One who subscribes to or advocates (neo-)Nazism, or a similarly fascist, racist, anti-Semitic, xenophobic, ethnic supremacist, or ultranationalist ideology; a neo-Nazi.
3. (slang, usually derogatory, sometimes offensive, see usage notes below) One who imposes their views on others; one who is unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict. (also frequently uncapitalised: nazi)
adjective
comparative more Nazi, superlative most Nazi
1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism, or neo-Nazis more generally.
  1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the Third Reich.
    Quotations
    They have good reason to fear them too, for their machine gun strafing, their rockets, and their bombs knock out Nazi bridges, trucks, tanks, and kill them by the score.
    1944, United States Office of War Information, Press Release Labor Press Service‎, page 1
    The second development was the program for the redesign (Neugestaltung) of several German cities as representative Nazi cities.
    1993, Jeffry Diefendorf, chapter 5, in In the Wake of War: The Reconstruction of German Cities after World War II‎, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., page 116
2. (by extension) Domineering, totalitarian, or intolerant.
proper noun
1. The language (ideological jargon) of Nazis.
  Quotations
  All this requires some very careful unpacking, for obviously, Dr. Bosse is “speaking Nazi with the Bormann dialect.”
  2008, Joseph P. Farrell, Nazi International
  He must write and speak “Nazi”, which is essentially anti-scientific' (Schreiber 1935a: 79). Falk Ruttke's presentation was illustrative in this sense. Ruttke was a member of the Reich Committee for Public Health Policy, as well as a member of the Advisory Board for Population and Racial Policy at the Reich Interior Ministry. Ruttke told the participants that after Hitler's accession to power, the 'knowledge of genetic laws was invoked towards the creation of a healthy race,...'
  2014, Marius Turda, Aaron Gillette, Latin Eugenics in Comparative Perspective, page 123
  What is pertinent is that it was possible to effectively speak Nazi to Nazis and then become an “innocent nationalist” during the Cold War. Kubiiovych's truth, if any, was that he mastered both. Pragmatism and brutality thus meshed seamlessly. For Kubiiovych, developing the Ukrainian cooperative system under Germans would not only strengthen the Ukrainian economy but also protect Ukrainian peasants from Jewish exploitation.
  2015, Tarik Cyril Amar, The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv: A Borderland City
2. (derogatory, offensive, rare) The German language.
  Quotations
  In Hitler's Own Words: Shut up, Yank — learn to speak NAZI!
  1941 October 19, FFF advertisement in The New York Times (as quoted in 2004, Martin J. Manning, Herbert Romerstein, Historical Dictionary of American Propaganda , page 104)
  He pushed aside his ponytailed minion and stepped right up to Tank, who gave him a perplexed look as he barked a few words in guttural German. “I don't speak Nazi,” Tank said.
  2013, Jennifer Lane, On Best Behavior
  “This is all sounding very pretty, Shaw,” Spencer checks his watch. “But how about you share what's being said for the rest of us who don't speak Nazi.”
  2016, Jessica Holbrook, The Perfect Descent, page 158