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National Socialism is the name used for political ideologies which propose to merge nationalism and socialism. Adolf Hitler's Nazi party is by far the most famous national socialist party.

Several other political parties have used the name National Socialist Party or National Socialist Movement, and the name has been adopted by Socialist groups in various countries. The ideology has only been formally applied in one historical case and is consequently judged by how it was implemented in the Third Reich. These factors have caused the term National Socialism to be used nearly synonymously with racism, Nazism or anti-Semitism. National Socialism is a complex ideology that seeks to be an alternative, or Third Position, to both international capitalism and international communism.

Origins and tenets

The term national socialism was coined by French intellectual Maurice Barrès.^[when?][1] The term characterizes the rejection of pluralism, individualism, materialism and globalism. The ideology generally supports the creation of a self-sufficient corporatist economy and a single-party state. ^{[citation needed]} Historian Robert Tombs sees this amalgamation exemplified in General Georges Ernest Boulanger, a general and politician popular among both royalists and the urban right.^[2] Sternhell cites boulangisme as being influential on fascism, an associated ideology, although not on Nazism.

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