national socialism

English - Turkish

Definition of national socialism in English Turkish dictionary: nasyonal sosyalizm; (Politika, Siyaset) ulusal toplumculuk

English - English

Definition of national socialism in English English dictionary: The ideology of Adolf Hitler's NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party), including a Führer's totalitarian government, racism, nationalist territorial expansion (Lebensraum) and state control of the (war) economy; The ideology of any other patriotic socialist party unconnected with Nazism; Nazism. or Nazism Totalitarian movement led by Adolf Hitler as head of Germany's Nazi Party (1920-45). Its roots lay in the tradition of Prussian militarism and discipline and German Romanticism, which celebrated a mythic past and proclaimed the rights of the exceptional individual over all rules and laws. Its ideology was shaped by Hitler's beliefs in German racial superiority and the dangers of communism. It rejected liberalism, democracy, the rule of law, and human rights, stressing instead the subordination of the individual to the state and the necessity of strict obedience to leaders. It emphasized the inequality of individuals and "races" and the right of the strong to rule the weak. Politically, National Socialism favoured rearmament, reunification of the German areas of Europe, expansion into non-German areas, and the purging of "undesirables," especially Jews. See also fascism; Nazism, political movement of the Nazi party