Nazifyingn.
/ˈnɑːtsᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, /ˈnatsᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɑtʃəˌfaɪɪŋ/, /ˈnætsəˌfaɪɪŋ/ (rare)Brit. /ˈnɑːzᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɑzəˌfaɪɪŋ/ The action of Nazify v.
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1934 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 July 524/2 It may, of course, be said that the process of ‘Nazifying’ has not had time to achieve its full results.
2003 R. Hyam & P. Henshaw Lion & Springbok xiii. 310 By October 1948, there were warnings in the British press of the ‘Nazifying’ of South Africa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
Nazifyingadj.
/ˈnɑːtsᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, /ˈnatsᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɑtʃəˌfaɪɪŋ/, /ˈnætsəˌfaɪɪŋ/ (rare)Brit. /ˈnɑːzᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɑzəˌfaɪɪŋ/ That makes or becomes Nazi or Nazi-like in ideology. Cf. Nazify v.
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1993 J. Hellman Knight-monks Vichy France x. 185 For its nazifying critics Uriage was the National Revolution, and displayed all of its worst infirmities.
1995 ASAP (Nexis) 4 Dec. The plot structure has been used twice before—once in Nazifying Germany as Viktor und Viktoria, and three years later, in 1936, in England.
2004 L. Karina & M. Kant Hitler's Dancers ix. 103 Theater managements who carried out the racial ‘cleansing’ and other nazifying measures.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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