[Ads-l] Antedating of "Nazism"

[Laurence Horn]

“Fascetism”, the word that failed. Or one of them.   

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> On Dec 24, 2019, at 7:38 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Nazism (OED 1931)
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> 1930 _Vancouver Daily Province_ 13 Dec. 12/4 (Newspapers.com)  What is Nazism?  A month ago the word was almost unknown ... What Fascetism is to Italy, Nazism is to Germany.
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> Fred Shapiro
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