Swastika

Quick meaning: Swastika is a noun meaning (fascism, history, metonymic, uncountable) Nazi rule.

Meaning

(fascism, history, metonymic, uncountable) Nazi rule.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, but now mainly seen and used in the West (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.

Example Sentences

"Is that what you think of me? I believe in the Grail, not the Swastika!"

“I can’t imagine anyone believes in Communist culprits instead of a contract job commissioned on behalf of the swastika.”

It is clear from archaeological finds that they enjoyed wearing Christian crosses, though they might enliven these with such symbols as the Indian swastika which Buddhists had brought them.

This was signed by Dana Da, who added pentacles and pentagrams, and a crux ansata, and half-a-dozen swastikas, and a Triple Tau to his name, just to show that he was all he laid claim to be.

Word Forms

• swastikas

Synonyms for swastika

Depending on context, synonyms include gammadion, gammation, fylfot, hakenkreuz, lauburu, manji.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hakenkreuz, svastika, suastica, zwastika, staurogram, vexillum.

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