Hitler
proper nounnouncommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈhɪtlɚ//
A surname from Austrian German.
proper noun
- 1
A surname from Austrian German.
It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany.
- 2
Variant of Adolf HitlerA surname from Austrian German. Ellipsis of Adolf Hitler; Führer of the Nazi Party and chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945; particularly as the embodiment of Nazism.
Clearly, Hitler saw his historical function as a Wagnerian grand opera. Vast cosmic changes required an accompaniment of slaughter on a colossal scale.
What is one curious about when he asks, What is evil? The question makes no sense, unless the questioner is satisfied with such answers as: Death is evil, pain is evil, Hitler is evil.
[…]the description we give of God’s knowledge concerning Hitler has to be different after Hitler’s death; it is manifest that there has been a change on Hitler’s side, and that this, in view of the logic of omniscience, makes a difference to what we can truly say about God’s knowledge; it is not manifest that there must have been a real change of mind on God's side. And Aquinas can say this[…]
Mueller is even less convincing in his suggestion that World War II might never have happened if Hitler had never been born.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hitler; see German Etymology for further details.
noun
- 1
A dictatorial person; someone who loves to exert their power and influence over others. (often used as a term of abuse)
A: Don't you think you could try sorting your rubbish instead of tossing everything out together? B: Ok, Hitler.
How does he support his position against the prima facie case in favor of the strongly counterintuitive claim that non-violence would necessarily defeat a Hitler?
tfw you could be starving and wanting to feed your family, but gender Hitler says no males for this job because a vagina makes you 'special'
“He was called a ‘little Hitler’ yesterday,” Stevens said. “A guy pointed at him in his car and then he said that we didn’t like brown people. I don’t understand that at all.”
Forms
- plural
- Hitlers