noun
- the process of making something Nazi in character, ideology, or control; the adoption or imposition of Nazi principles, policies, or organization
Usage: historical; formal
Examples
- The nazification of German institutions occurred gradually during the 1930s.
- Historians study the nazification of schools and youth organizations under the Third Reich.
- The nazification of the civil service involved replacing officials with Nazi Party members.
- Cultural nazification extended to literature, art, and music during this period.
- Resistance movements opposed the nazification of their countries during World War II.