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. Bernie Sanders:

   It is something -- I got to tell you, I never expected in my life, as an American, to see a swastika at a major political rally. It's horrible.

2. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson:

   We’ve witnessed the desecration of cherished monuments, like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Terry Fox Statue, displays of hate symbols, like the Confederate flag and the swastika, and all types of bad behavior that have taken away the freedom of our residents to live without fear, many residents have not slept for days due to the noise and disruptions. Many have been shut in by the crowds – a lockdown imposed by the protest itself.

3. Justin Trudeau:

   People of Ottawa don't deserve to be harassed in their own neighborhoods, don’t deserve to be confronted with the inherent violence of a swastika flying on a street corner or a confederate flag or the insults and jeers just because they're wearing a mask. That's not who Canadians are.

4. Forrest Dunbar:

   For Forrest Dunbar and most Jews, seeing the yellow Star of David on someone's chest elicits the same feeling as seeing a swastika on a flag or the SS insignia on a uniform, it is a symbol of hate that reminds us Jews of the terror and horror we suffered. I believe it is a constitutional right to protest for your values. But I request that you do not use symbols that diminish the 6 million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust and the survivors who would like their children not to know the nightmare they endured.

5. Ashok Niyogi:

   Empty beer bottles, Crushed packets of Marlboro, Graffiti on stairwells, Blond stubble on heads stuffed with hate, Me, with my circumcised brown vision, Icy blood of undefined pedigree, I am marked for slaughter In the abattoir of the Gulag. I cower behind the Swastika Chained to my door.