Nazi is a demonizing political slur with echoes of the term
National Socialism. The word is used today by democrats, in the mainstream as well as in "alternative" media, in the trade of suspicion organized in "non-governmental organizations" and by almost everyone to refer to people, organizations and
circumstances they dislike. The objects of demonization need not have any connection with historical or ideological
National Socialism or agree with its aims. A modern variant is "neo-Nazi".