National Socialism most often refers to

Nazism Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in N ...

, the ideology of the

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...

, which ruled

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

from 1933 to 1945. The term "national socialism" was used by a number of unrelated groups before the Nazis, but since their rise to prominence it has become associated almost exclusively with their ideas. National Socialism may also refer to:

Ethnic German movements related to Nazism (pre-1945)

Austrian National Socialism Austrian Nazism or Austrian National Socialism was a pan-German movement that was formed at the beginning of the 20th century. The movement took a concrete form on 15 November 1903 when the German Worker's Party (DAP) was established in Austria ...

, an early influence on the NSDAP *

German National Socialist Workers' Party (Czechoslovakia) The German National Socialist Workers' Party (german: Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei, DNSAP, cs, Německá národně socialistická strana dělnická) was a protofascist party of Germans in Czechoslovakia, successor of the Germa ...

(Sudeten German, antisemitic) *

Sudeten German Party The Sudeten German Party (german: Sudetendeutsche Partei, SdP, cs, Sudetoněmecká strana) was created by Konrad Henlein under the name ''Sudetendeutsche Heimatfront'' ("Front of the Sudeten German Homeland") on 1 October 1933, some months aft ...

(Sudeten German, pro-annexation by Germany, successor of the above) *

Strasserism Strasserism (german: Strasserismus or ''Straßerismus'') is a strand of Nazism calling for a more radical, mass-action and worker-based form of the ideology, espousing economic antisemitism above other antisemitic forms, to achieve a national ...

, a breakaway movement from German Nazism

Non-German movements related to Nazism (pre-1945)

* National Socialist Bulgarian Workers Party (1930s) * Canadian National Socialist Unity Party (pro-Anglo-Canadian/French-Canadian) *

National Socialist Movement of Chile Movimiento Nacional Socialista de Chile was a political movement in Chile, during the Presidential Republic Era, which initially supported the ideas of Adolf Hitler, although it later moved towards a more local form of fascism. They were commonl ...

(1930s) *

National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark The National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark ( da, Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti; DNSAP) was the largest Nazi Party in Denmark before and during the Second World War. History The party was founded on 16 November 1930, after ...

(German-style Nazi, antisemitic) * Greek National Socialist Party (Italian-style fascist, pro-Hitler) *

Hungarian National Socialist Party The Hungarian National Socialist Party ( hu, Magyar Nemzeti Szocialista Párt) was a political epithet adopted by a number of minor Nazi parties in Hungary before the Second World War. Early Nazi groups From its early origins up to the eventual ...

(German-style Nazi, antisemitic) * National Socialist Dutch Workers Party (1920s–1930s; favoured German annexation of the Netherlands) *

National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands The National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands ( nl, Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging in Nederland, ; NSB) was a Dutch fascist and later Nazi political party that called itself a " movement". As a parliamentary party participating in legi ...

(1930s–1940s; unlike the above, it nominally supported an independent Netherlands) * National Socialist Workers' Party of Norway (German-style Nazi, antisemitic) *

Nasjonal Samling Nasjonal Samling (, NS; ) was a Norwegian far-right political party active from 1933 to 1945. It was the only legal party of Norway from 1942 to 1945. It was founded by former minister of defence Vidkun Quisling and a group of supporters such ...

(Norwegian, German-style Nazi, anti-Semitic, anti-Masonic) * National Socialist Party (Romania) (Romanian, German-style Nazi) *

Swedish National Socialist Farmers' and Workers' Party The Swedish National Socialist Farmers' and Workers' Party ( sv, Svenska Nationalsocialistiska Bonde-och Arbetarpartiet) was the first Nazi organization in Sweden. Founding In 1923 Sigurd and Gunnar met with Adolf Hitler and Erich Ludendorff. T ...

(pro-Hitler, founded in 1924) *

Swedish National Socialist Party The Swedish National Socialist Party ( sv, Svenska nationalsocialistiska partiet, abbreviated SNSP) was a Nazi political party in Sweden. Birger Furugård served as ''riksledare'' ('National Leader') of the party.Schön, Bosse. Svenskarna s ...

(founded in 1930 through a merger of Nazi and fascist groups) *

National Socialist Workers' Party (Sweden) Nationalsocialistiska Arbetarepartiet ( en, National Socialist Workers' Party, ''NSAP'') was a Swedish political party that initially espoused Nazism before adopting a more indigenous form of fascism. It was also widely infamous under the name Sv ...

(split from the above in 1933, became more Strasserite and independently Swedish before declining during World War II) * South African Gentile National Socialist Movement (1930s–1940s; pro-apartheid, white, antisemitic)

Neo-Nazism (after 1945)

Neo-Nazism Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and racial supremacy (often white supremacy), attack r ...

is a label for groups and ideologies after 1945 that are considered to be based on Nazism.

Australia

* Australian National Socialist Party (founded 1962), merged into ** National Socialist Party of Australia (1968–1970s) *

National Socialist Network The National Socialist Network (NSN) is an Australian neo-Nazi political organisation allegedly formed from two far-right organisations, the Lads Society and the Antipodean Resistance, in 2020. The organisation, based in Melbourne, claims to ...

(contemporary)

UK

* National Socialist Action Party (British, founded in 1982, historical) *

National Socialist Movement (UK, 1962) The National Socialist Movement (NSM) was a British neo-Nazi group formed on 20 April, Adolf Hitler's birthday, in 1962, by Colin Jordan, with John Tyndall as his deputy as a splinter group from the original British National Party of the 19 ...

(British, founded in 1962, historical) *

National Socialist Movement (United Kingdom) The National Socialist Movement (NSM) was a British neo-Nazi group active during the late 1990s. The group is not connected to the earlier National Socialist Movement of Colin Jordan. Origins The roots of the NSM lay in a split that developed i ...

(British, contemporary)

US

* National Socialist League (United States) (American, gay, Aryan, pro-Hitler, historical) *

National Socialist Movement (United States) The National Socialist Movement (NSM) is a far-right, Neo-Nazi, white supremacist organization based in the United States. It is a part of the Nationalist Front. The party claimed to be the "largest and most active" National Socialist organi ...

(American, contemporary) * National Socialist Party of America (white, antisemitic, anti-black, historical)

Other countries

Golden Dawn (Greece) The Popular Association – Golden Dawn ( el, Λαϊκός Σύνδεσμος – Χρυσή Αυγή, translit=Laïkós Sýndesmos – Chrysí Avgí), usually shortened to Golden Dawn ( el, Χρυσή Αυγή, translit=Chrysí Avgí, ), is ...

(anti-Albania, anti-immigrants, islamophobic, contemporary) * Iranian National Socialist Party (SUMKA), created in 1952 (pro-Hitler, antisemitic, anti-Arab, anti-Turk, historical) *

National Socialist Movement of Denmark The National Socialist Movement of Denmark ( da, Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Bevægelse, DNSB) is a neo-Nazi political party in Denmark. The movement traces its origins back to National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark (DNSAP, Danmarks Nat ...

(contemporary) * National Socialist Movement of Norway (contemporary) * National Socialist Party of New Zealand (German-style Nazi, anti-Semitic, historical) * Russian National Socialist Party (Russian nationalist, fascist, anti-immigrant, contemporary) * Social-National Party of Ukraine (Ukrainian nationalist, Ethnic nationalist, Anti-communist) *

Svoboda (political party) The All-Ukrainian Union "Freedom" ( uk, Всеукраїнське об'єднання «Свобода», translit=Vseukrainske obiednannia "Svoboda"), commonly known as Svoboda, is an ultranationalist political party in Ukraine. It has been ...

(Ukrainian nationalist, Ultranationalist, Right-wing populism)

Other unrelated ideologies and organizations

Some of these were founded before the NSDAP and thus before "National Socialism" became associated with Nazism, while others exist in non-European contexts where Nazism is not widely known. *

Ba'ath Party The Arab Socialist Baʿath Party ( ar, حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي ' ) was a political party founded in Syria by Mishel ʿAflaq, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Bītār, and associates of Zaki al-ʾArsūzī. The party espoused B ...

, an Arab national-socialist party in Iraq and Syria * Czech National Social Party, founded in Austria-Hungary in 1898 as a centre-left party advocating Czech independence. It used the name "Czechoslovak National Socialist Party" for a number of years in the early 20th century. * Czech National Socialist Party, a small centre-left party which broke away from the above in 2005 *

National-Social Association The National-Social Association (german: Nationalsozialer Verein, NSV) was a political party in the German Empire, founded in 1896 by Friedrich Naumann. It sought to synthesise liberalism, nationalism and non-Marxist socialism with Protestant ...

, a small centre-left Christian liberal party in Germany * National Socialist Party (Jordan), a left-wing political party in Jordan that existed from 1954 to 1957 * National Socialist Party (Philippines), a political party founded in the Philippines in 1935 * National Socialist Party (UK), a breakaway group from the British Socialist Party formed in 1916 *

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal ( bn, জাতীয় সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল, 'National Socialist Party of Bangladesh', JSD or 'জাসদ', JASAD) is a political party in Bangladesh. The party was founded by Serajul ...

(National Socialist Party), a small socialist party in Bangladesh * National Socialist Council of Nagaland, a Maoist insurgent group in India * National Socialist Party of Tripura, a party advocating Tripuri self-determination in India * Bernsteinism, called originally called “revisionism”, first variation of the wider trend of the same name. Referred as National Socialism by Lenin.