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Gleichschaltung

Definition of Gleichschaltung

noun

[mass noun]
  • the standardization of political, economic, and social institutions as carried out in authoritarian states.

Origin:

German, from gleich 'same' + schalten 'force or bring into line'

Gleichschaltung in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Gleichschaltung in the US English dictionary