Nazify

Nazify

English

Alternative forms

  • nazify

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tisder.
Proto-Italic *gnātiō
Latin nātiō
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
New Latin nātionālisbor.
German national
Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós
Proto-Italic *sokjos
Latin sokios
Latin socius
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Latin -ālis
Latin sociālisder.
French socialbor.
German sozial
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der.
Latin -istabor.
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French -isteinflu.
German -ist
German Sozialist
German Nationalsozialist
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German Soziinflu.
German Nazibor.
English Nazi
English -fy
English Nazify

    From Nazi + -fy.

    Verb

    Nazify (third-person singular simple present Nazifies, present participle Nazifying, simple past and past participle Nazified)

    1. To subject or convert to Nazism (National Socialism).
      • 1941, Abraham Wolf, Higher Education in German-occupied Countries:
        It did more to de-nazify the Germans than to nazify the French.
      • 1976, Howard Paul Becker, German Youth: Bond or Free:
        The Ministry of Education expects the teachers of history to espouse National Socialism positively. Thus how to Nazify rather than whether to Nazify […]

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