Idiom
play the Nazi card
Meaning
To invoke the reductio ad Hitlerum argument in a dialogue or debate.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He tried to play the Nazi card to win the argument.”
“When the debate became heated, the politician decided to play the Nazi card rather than address the actual policy.”
“By choosing to play the Nazi card during the discussion, he effectively ended any chance of a reasonable or logical debate.”
Examples
simple
“He tried to play the Nazi card to win the argument.”
contextual
“When the debate became heated, the politician decided to play the Nazi card rather than address the actual policy.”
complex
“By choosing to play the Nazi card during the discussion, he effectively ended any chance of a reasonable or logical debate.”
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