Gleichschaltung
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Gleichschaltung
C20: German
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
As Führer, Hitler wanted to achieve Gleichschaltung, or “conformity,” in all aspects of German society.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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