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swastika Definition

swas·tika (swästi kə)

noun

  1. a design or ornament of ancient origin in the form of a cross with four equal arms, each bent in a right-angle extension: a mystic symbol found in both the Old World and the New World
  2. this design with the arms bent back clockwise, used in Nazi Germany and by other Nazi fascists as a party emblem and symbol of anti-Semitism

Etymology: Sans svastika < svasti, well-being, benediction < su, well (< IE base *su-, var. of *swe-, *sewe-: see suicide) + asti, he is: for IE base see is

swastika Synonyms

swastika

n.

swastika Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • scrawl: When the smoke cleared, police found anti-Semitic graffiti and swastikas scrawled in red marker.
  • paint: Someone painted a swastika on the MG in the dead of night.
  • wear: But fascism, Adams warned, would not return wearing swastikas and brown shirts.
  • draw: But many children had drawn swastikas on their books and had pictures and videos of Hitler on their phones.
  • see: Either we need to see more swastikas or less crosses around.
  • use: Now, those who use the swastika are largely neo-fascists who do not mind too much about its terrible history.

Adjective modifier

black: But instead of the black swastika in the middle is a black hammer and sickle.

Modifies a noun

  • armband: Mensi was attacked in the street by an old woman outraged by his swastika armband: ' She set about me with her umbrella.
  • symbol: Swastika Symbol of auspiciousness from the four corners of the world.
  • pattern: Illustration 6 is the swastika pattern from a grave slab at Meigle in Perthshire.

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