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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a fringe group inspired by Nazism.

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  • noun Person who believes in a (post-WWII) version of Nazi ideology.
  • noun pejorative A strong insult used against a person with right-wing views.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to Neo-Nazis, their organisations, or their ideology.

Etymologies

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Originally from postwar French (1952), néonazi, used to describe any number of movements, which saw themselves as believers of Nazi ideology or whose ideology had similar attributes. The term spread throughout the Western world acquiring a broader usage.

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