Blockwartmentalität

German

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Declension
Declension of Blockwartmentalität [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Blockwartmentalität
genitive einer der Blockwartmentalität
dative einer der Blockwartmentalität
accusative eine die Blockwartmentalität

See also
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