Gleichschaltung

English Etymology en de Gleichschaltung synchronisation. Noun ~ s The forced standardization of political and social institutions under an authoritarian regime, originally with reference to Nazi Germany. en 1973 Dietrich Orlow The History of the Nazi Party: 1933–1945 2 Pittsburgh, PA w:University of Pittsburgh Press 0822932539 Vm0nAQAAMAAJ 181 Gleichschaltungs Far less identified with the party than the old Freikorps (anticommunist vigilante groups active just after World War I) mercenaries, the new element saw in the SS the true elite organization of the Nazi regime, and did not hesitate to attempt Gleichschaltungs within the Gleichschaltung, that is, to have the SS take over already Nazified organizations. en 2000-04-15 w:John Laughland Full circle for communism: Under EU plan, Croatia is starting to resemble old communist Yugoslavia Montreal Gazette The Gazette Montreal B5 Consequently, Croatia’s new leaders have lost little time in purging these last outposts of the old regime. In the name of democracy and human rights, all the media will henceforth be sympathetic to the new government, a process of Gleichschaltung that is being cheered on by the West. en 2017-02-10 Rakesh Batabyal Casteism and communalism are delegitimising the institutions that have built JNU w:Hindustan Times https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/casteism-and-communalism-are-delegitimising-the-institutions-that-have-built-jnu/story-XXOECmCF7wVPMJ4wfEAn6I.html So what we have today is a university whose uniqueness is to be attacked and destroyed so that it falls in line where a gleichschaltung is achieved, a non dissenting institution with dead pan faces, with caste identities or communal hatred pervasive, unquestioning students roaming around writing meaningless objective type exams for different testing services. https://web.archive.org/web/20250902120631/https://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/casteism-and-communalism-are-delegitimising-the-institutions-that-have-built-jnu/story-XXOECmCF7wVPMJ4wfEAn6I.html 2 September 2025 en en Nazism Fascism German Etymology de :af gleichschalten -ung de gleichschalten -ung. Pronunciation de /ˈɡlaɪçˌʃaltʊŋ/ de De-Gleichschaltung-pronunciation.ogg de De-Gleichschaltung2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f synchronisation, bringing into line 22 Von dem Zentralpunkt, den das Uhrwerk im Antwerpener Bahnhof einnehme, ließen sich die Bewegungen sämtlicher Reisender überwachen, und umgekehrt müßten die Reisenden alle zu der Uhr aufblicken und seien gezwungen, ihre Handlungsweise auszurichten nach ihr. Tatsächlich, sagte Austerlitz, gingen ja bis zur Synchronisierung der Eisenbahnfahrpläne die Uhren in Lille oder Lüttich anders als die in Gent oder Antwerpen, und erst seit der um die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts erfolgten Gleichschaltung beherrsche die Zeit unbestrittenermaßen die Welt. The movements of all travelers could be surveyed from the central position occupied by the clock in Antwerp Station, and conversely all travelers had to look up at the clock and were obliged to adjust their activities to its demands. In fact, said Austerlitz, until the railway timetables were synchronized the clocks of Lille and Liege did not keep the same time as the clocks of Ghent and Antwerp, and not until they were all standardized around the middle of the nineteenth century did time truly reign supreme. w:Anthea Bell 2001 Austerlitz de Nazism Gleichschaltung Declension f Related terms de gleichschalten Further reading