denazification n social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism denazification was a slow process Usage(s) As to the denazification process shortly after the war, I had some misgivings. The Russians' earlier denazification drives neglected smaller fry. So-called denazification has been carried out far more thoroughly in the American zone than in either the Russian or British. Synonym(s) de-Nazification