"The System" was a derogatory term used by the Nazis to denote contemptuously the Weimar Republic, whose official name was German Reich, and its institutions. In Nazi propaganda, the word was used in a number of compounds: for example, the period from the German Revolution of 1918–1919 to the Machtergreifung in 1933 was called "The time of the System" and political opponents of the Nazis from this period were called "System parties", "System politicians" or the "System press". After 1933, the term was quickly adopted to everyday use.