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Blockwartmentalität
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German
Etymology
de :af Blockwart<t:neighbourhood guard in Nazi Germany> Mentalität<t:mentality>
From de Blockwart neighbourhood guard in Nazi Germany Mentalität mentality.
Pronunciation
de De-Blockwartmentalität.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f.sg
de derogatory the mindset of those who, blindly and intolerantly, try to enforce the rules and ideas promoted by the authorities, especially through denunciation, but also rude comments, etc.; roughly McCarthyism
Declension
f.sg
See also
de Denunziantentum