A swastika is a symbol in the shape of a cross with each arm bent over at right angles. It isused in India as a good luck sign, but it was also used by the Nazis in Germany as their official symbol.
Synonyms: crooked cross, fylfot More Synonyms of swastika
swastika in British English
(ˈswɒstɪkə)
noun
1.
a primitive religious symbol or ornament in the shape of a Greek cross, usually having the ends of the arms bent at right angles in either a clockwise or anticlockwise direction
2.
this symbol with clockwise arms, officially adopted in 1935 as the emblem of Nazi Germany
Word origin
C19: from Sanskrit svastika, from svasti prosperity; from the belief that it brings good luck
swastika in American English
(ˈswɑstɪkə)
noun
1.
a design or ornament of ancient origin in the form of a cross with four equal arms, each bent in a right-angle extension: a mystic symbol found in both the Old World and the New World
2.
this design with the arms bent back clockwise, used in Nazi Germany and by other Nazi fascists as a party emblem and symbol of anti-Semitism
Word origin
Sans svastika < svasti, well-being, benediction < su, well (< IE base *su-, var. of *swe-, *sewe-: see suicide) + asti, he is: for IE base see is1
Synonyms of 'swastika'
crooked cross, fylfot
More Synonyms of swastika
(noun)
Definition
a primitive religious symbol in the shape of a Greek cross with the ends of the arms bent at right angles