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

• Denunziantentum