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Eichmann

Eichmann proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Eichmann

  1. A surname from German.
    • And the Nazi, in turn, tries to curry favor with the Mossadnik by asking him about his sister Fruma, executed in some frozen forest by the genocidal machine Eichmann had helped design.2018 August 22, Liel Leibovitz, “Eichmann in Full”, in Tablet

Noun

Eichmann (plural Eichmanns)

  1. One who willingly participates in immoral or destructive actions without ethical qualms because the actions are acceptable to society.
    • Hence, no special moral or political perversion is required to produce an Eichmann; it might be said that there are thousands of potential Eichmanns.1968, William Phillips, A sense of the present
    • Their arguments usually involve holding variants of the claim that the life of an Eichmann or a Stalin could not have been an integrated one...1992, Ian Shapiro, Political Criticism

Examples of Eichmann in a sentence

  • One can imagine an Eichmann who was capable of questioning the meaning of this or that defense for his actions that he might give...1996, Lenore Langsdorf, Stephen H Watson, E Marya Bower, Phenomenology, interpretation, and community:
  • Does the notion of a scientific gaze and the impersonality of method allow for an Eichmann in the scientist in all of us?2004, Alan P. Lightman, Daniel R Sarewitz, Christina Desser, Living with the Genie: essays on technology and the quest for human mastery:
  • "I've been accused of playing an Eichmann-like role in supporting an evil policy."2005, Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi, The worlds of Herman Kahn: the intuitive science of thermonuclear war:

Forms of Eichmann

pluralEichmanns

Origin of Eichmann

Borrowed from German Eichmann. (noun): After Otto Adolf Eichmann (1906–1962), the architect of the Holocaust.

Questions about Eichmann

What does Eichmann mean?
Eichmann means a surname from German.
How do you use Eichmann in a sentence?
One can imagine an Eichmann who was capable of questioning the meaning of this or that defense for his actions that he might give...
What part of speech is Eichmann?
Eichmann can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Eichmann in the dictionary

  1. Eichhorst
  2. Eichhorsts
  3. Eichler
  4. Eichlers
  5. Eichman
  6. Eichmann
  7. Eichmanns
  8. Eichner's law
  9. Eichorn
  10. Eick
  11. Eickel

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