1933년부터 1945년까지 아돌프 히틀러 치하에서 독일을 통제했던 국가사회주의 독일 노동자당의 당원들. 또는 극도로 권위적이거나 잔인한 사람들을 비유적으로 이르는 말.
Members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and was responsible for the Holocaust and World War II. It is also used metaphorically to describe extremely authoritarian or cruel people.
예문:
"The rise of the Nazis in the 1930s fundamentally reshaped the geopolitical landscape of Europe."
"Historians continue to analyze the complex factors that allowed the Nazis to gain and maintain power for over a decade."
"Critics often accuse authoritarian regimes of acting like Nazis when suppressing dissent and promoting extreme nationalism."