Gleichschaltung

British

/ ˈɡlaɪkˌʃæltʊŋ /

noun

the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state

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Etymology

Origin of Gleichschaltung

C20: German

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Gleichschaltung

Let me add another Nazi concept here: Here I might add Gleichschaltung, the concept by which the Nazis systematically compromised and controlled every aspect of government.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2024

Gleichschaltung is generally rendered in English as “Coordination,” but this translation lacks, to my mind, the ominous overtones of a systematic technical autocratic takeover of power.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2024

Through his dive bombers and Messerschmitts Adolf Hitler had unintentionally brought about the same Gleichschaltung in Britain that years of repression and persecution had achieved in Germany.

From Time Magazine Archive

Throughout these first years of the Third Reich, Hitler imposed a process that the Nazis called Gleichschaltung, which means standardization or making things the same.

From Time Magazine Archive

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