Definition of "Hitler"

A surname of Austrian origin.

1. Ellipsis of Adolf Hitler; Führer of the Nazi Party and chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945; particularly as the embodiment of Nazism.  quotations  examples

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   • The British ruling class are fighting against Hitler, whom they have always regarded and whom some of them still regard as their protector against Bolshevism. That does not mean that they will deliberately sell out; but it does mean that at every decisive moment they are likely to falter, pull their punches, do the wrong thing. Until the Churchill Government called some sort of halt to the process, they have done the wrong thing with an unerring instinct ever since 1931.

     1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. II

   • 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.

     1964, David Hugh Freeman, A Philosophical Study of Religion‎, page 241

   • ...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...

     1977, Peter Thomas Geach, Providence and Evil‎, page 41

   • Mueller is even less convincing in his suggestion that World War II might never have happened if Hitler had never been born.

     1994, Karen A. Rasler, William R. Thompson, The great powers and global struggle, 1490-1990‎

   • People do evil things (Hitler, Stalin, Saddam Hussein).

     2007, Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion‎

(derogatory) A dictatorial person; someone who loves to exert their power and influence over others. (often used as a term of abuse)  quotations  examples