Associations to the word «Swastika»

Wiktionary

SWASTIKA, noun. A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, and adopted more recently (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of Nazism and fascism.

Dictionary definition

SWASTIKA, noun. The official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope