Blockwartmentalität

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Blockwart (neighbourhood guard in Nazi Germany) +‎ Mentalität (mentality).

Noun[edit]

Blockwartmentalität f (genitive Blockwartmentalität, no plural)

  1. (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

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