Holocaustreligion

German

Alternative forms

• Holocaust-Religion

Etymology

Holocaust +‎ Religion

Noun

Holocaustreligion f (genitive Holocaustreligion, plural Holocaustreligionen)

1. (derogatory, chiefly right-wing politics) Holocaust religion; a way of societal dealing with the Holocaust that is considered exaggerated, irrational, and pseudoreligious; chiefly of Germany and Austria, sometimes also of Israel and world Jewry

   Synonym: Holocaustkult

   Antonym: Holocaustleugnung

Usage notes

• The word refers only to the societal reaction to the Holocaust and does not imply anything about its historicity, though use of the word may, of course, overlap with Holocaustleugnung (“Holocaust denial”).

Declension

Declension of Holocaustreligion [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Holocaustreligion	die	Holocaustreligionen
genitive	einer	der	Holocaustreligion	der	Holocaustreligionen
dative	einer	der	Holocaustreligion	den	Holocaustreligionen
accusative	eine	die	Holocaustreligion	die	Holocaustreligionen