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'National Socialism' has been used in self-description by a number of political movements, some of whom defined the term differently than others. It may refer to:

★ 'National Socialism', the political ideology of the National Socialist German Workers Party of the 1920s to 1940s. Since World War II, the term "Nazism" is a slang used to refer to Adolf Hitler's political party in the context of Western political or historical discussions.

★ In Austria-Hungary (May 1918), the Austrian ''Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' (D.A.P.) changed its name to the ''Deutsche Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei'' (D.N.S.A.P.). See 'Austrian National Socialism'.

★ The 'Sudeten German National Socialist Party' was formed by members of the DAP as a result of the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

★ The' Czech National Socialist Party' (later the 'Czechoslovak National Socialist Party') was founded in 1898 and was a moderate, liberal, nationalist party. Czechoslovakia's Foreign Minister Edvard Beneš was its vice-chairman until he resigned to become a non-partisan president.

★ The 'National Socialist Japanese Workers and Welfare Party' was founded in 1982.

★ The term 'national socialism' was occasionally used by Trotsky as an epithet to describe Stalin's and Bukharin's theory of 'socialism in one country' ^[1] (see also Stalinism). This use of the term was not meant as an allusion to German National Socialism.

★ In Ireland, the term 'Nationalism' is one meaning desire for a United Ireland. Some parties, such as Sinn Féin and the Social Democratic and Labour Party are described as being nationalist-socialist, with both socialist and (Irish) nationalist ideals.
For a more detailed list of parties, groups, and movements that have used the term 'national socialist' in their name, see 'National Socialist Party' and 'National Socialist Movement.'