ARBEITISM... from "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work shall set you free.", the sign over the entrances of the Nazi death camps.) Definition: A term or phrase of penultimate irony, in which the reality is opposite the conventional definition of the term or interpretation of the phrase.
ARBEITISM: "Department of Corrections", "Conservative Politician", "Christian", "Department of Justice", "Equal Justice Under Law" (over the Supreme Court building), "In God We Trust", etc.
by Lexicographer Incognito April 23, 2021