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‖ Gleichschaltung|ˈglaɪxʃaltʊŋ|
Also with lower-case initial.
[G.]
The standardization in authoritarian states of political, economic, and cultural institutions. Also transf.
Other parts of speech related to the G. word (e.g. gleichschalten v. trans., to impose Gleichschaltung upon; gleichgeschaltet ppl. a.) are also occas. found in English contexts.
1933Week-End Rev. 12 Aug. 149/2 The only test can be whether or not the efforts to Gleichschalten Austria continue. 1934Surv. Internat. Affairs 1933 ii. i. 140 The new masters of the Reich had succeeded in carrying out their revolutionary programme of Gleichschaltung far enough to have changed the whole face of German life. 1935S. Lewis It can't happen Here xv. 150 His ripe experience in the Gleichschaltung of Mississippi. 1937Auden in Auden & MacNeice Lett. fr. Iceland v. 57 You would, hearing honest Oswald's call, Be gleichgeschaltet in the Albert Hall. 1940Economist 31 Aug. 280/2 Holland under German control... Slowly the Gleichschaltung takes place. Many trade unions and similar organizations are unified. 1941Koestler Scum 209 It looked as if France were already gleichgeschaltet before we even knew the armistice terms. 1950Ann. Reg. 1949 264 The heavy hand of Soviet gleichschaltung descended on art, literature, and even music. 1964D. Daiches Crit. Hist. Eng. Lit. iv. 85 One cannot but welcome this failure of critical Gleichschaltung. 1969J. Mander Static Soc. viii. 254 There was no effective resistance..to Peron's gleichschaltung of the CGT. |