Nazified

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. To have imposed or adopted the ideology, policies, or characteristics associated with the National Socialist German Workers' Party or Nazi regime ; to transform or influence something according to the beliefs and practices of that political movement ; to enforce or enact measures reflecting that totalitarian and fascist doctrine
2. To convert or shape an entity, culture, or system to conform to the principles and authoritarian style linked to the Nazis ; to implement Nazi doctrine or symbols upon a person, place, or institution ; to bring about alignment with Nazi ideals and control mechanisms
3. To infuse or modify ideas, behavior, or structures so they reflect the doctrines and oppressive strategies of Nazism ; to bring under the influence or governance of Nazi ideology ; to make compliant with or expressive of the traits distinctive to the Nazi party and its rule

Etymology: The verb "nazify" is built from "Nazi" and the English suffix "-fy," which comes from Latin "-ficare" through Old French and means "to make or cause to become." "Nazified" is simply its past form, so it describes something that has been brought under Nazi rule or made to conform to Nazi ideology. The root "Nazi" is itself a shortened form of "Nationalsozialist," the German word for a National Socialist, the party's official name, and the nickname was taken from the first syllables of that compound. The sense is worth noticing because the word's first half reflects a self-chosen label rather than an insult coined by outsiders. The party's name combined "national" and "socialist," and the clipped form "Nazi" became the common shorthand in German and then English. The suffix "-fy" allowed English speakers to turn that proper noun into a general verb, so "nazify" could describe any process of imposing that system.

Synonyms: fascistized, totalitarianized, militarized

Antonyms: democratized, liberalized, freed, de-Nazified