Gleichschaltung

Etymology

From German Gleichschaltung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaɪçʃaltʊŋ/

Noun

Gleichschaltung (uncountable)

1. The forced standardization of political and social institutions under an authoritarian regime, originally with reference to Nazi Germany.
   • 2007, Perry Anderson, ‘Russia's Managed Democracy’, London Review of Books 29:2, page 3:

     Putin's control of the media is becoming more and more comprehensive. [...] The Gleichschaltung of parliament and political parties is, if anything, even more impressive.

   • 2014, Philip Ball, Serving the Reich, The Bodley Head, page 61:

     Planck [...] had bought the (relative) autonomy and security of German physics at the cost of a servile, self-imposed Gleichschaltung – the alignment with Nazi doctrine that the party demanded in all aspects of German society.

Etymology

From gleichschalten.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaɪçʃaltʊŋ/

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Noun

Gleichschaltung f

1. synchronisation, bringing into line, Gleichschaltung

Further reading

• Gleichschaltung in Duden online