Synonyms for swastika
ˈswɒs tɪ kəswasti·ka

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1. swastikanoun

   Synonyms:
   gammadion, cross cramponnée, hooked cross, gammation, Thors hammer, fylfot, cross gammadion, cross cramponned, tetraskelion, twisted cross, sun wheel, Black Spider, sauvastika, sauwastika, cross cramponny, crooked cross

2. swastikanoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   gammation, crooked cross, cross gammadion, sauvastika, sun wheel, Black Spider, sauwastika, Thors hammer, fylfot, cross cramponny, tetraskelion, twisted cross, cross cramponned, gammadion, hooked cross, cross cramponnée

Princeton's WordNet

1. swastika, Hakenkreuznoun

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

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1. • Emblem
   • Tetraskelion

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1. Ludwig Knoepffler:

   The idea is to fight the hijab as a political tool used and promoted by Islamist militants, if you believe that the Islamist political project is indeed totalitarian, then you have to fight its distinctive signs. The same way you would ban the swastika in the public sphere, as is the case already.

2. Emily Gorcenski:

   He sprayed basically the whole group. The whole thing was scary. I was targeted by people wearing swastika pins, it was terrifying.

3. Michael Gill:

   We are deeply sorry for this mistake and for the emotions that the logo has evoked by its semblance to a swastika and, by extension, to the atrocities that were committed under its banner, unquestionably, we condemn anything associated with the Nazi regime in the strongest manner possible.

4. Stephen Piggott:

   We’re seeing a lot of young people wearing patches like that in the white nationalist world, if you were walking down the street, the average person wouldn’t have a clue what that patch is. But if he was walking down the street wearing a Nazi swastika, it would be completely different.

5. Ryun King:

   The swastika and the SS bolts and the Confederate flag tend to be the predominant images that I see that I have to cover up.