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Gleichschaltung

Meaning of "Gleichschaltung" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GLEICHSCHALTUNG

German.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GLEICHSCHALTUNG

ˈɡlaɪkˌʃæltʊŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLEICHSCHALTUNG

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Gleichschaltung is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GLEICHSCHALTUNG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gleichschaltung

Gleichschaltung (German pronunciation: ), meaning "coordination", "making the same", "bringing into line"), is a Nazi term for the process by which the Nazi regime successively established a system of totalitarian control and coordination over all aspects of society. The historian Richard J. Evans translated the term as "forcible-coordination" in his most recent work on Nazi Germany. Among the goals of this policy were to bring about adherence to a specific doctrine and way of thinking and to control as many aspects of life as possible. The apex of the Nazification of Germany was in the resolutions approved during the Nuremberg Rally of 1935, when the symbols of the Party and the State were fused (see Flag of Germany) and the German Jews were deprived of citizenship, paving the way to the Holocaust.

Definition of Gleichschaltung in the English dictionary

The definition of Gleichschaltung in the dictionary is the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLEICHSCHALTUNG

Antung · Belitung · Butung · Kuan-tung · Kwangtung · Tan-tung · Teloekbetoeng · Telukbetung · Xuan-tong

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLEICHSCHALTUNG

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WORDS THAT END LIKE GLEICHSCHALTUNG

Bandung · bee-stung · bung · clung · dung · flung · hung · Jung · lung · Mao Tse-tung · Nantung · rung · shantung · sprung · strung · stung · sung · unstung · with young · young

Synonyms and antonyms of Gleichschaltung in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Gleichschaltung» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLEICHSCHALTUNG

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The translations of Gleichschaltung from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Gleichschaltung» in English.
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1,325 millions of speakers
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570 millions of speakers
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510 millions of speakers
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380 millions of speakers
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280 millions of speakers
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278 millions of speakers
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270 millions of speakers
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260 millions of speakers
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220 millions of speakers
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190 millions of speakers
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180 millions of speakers
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Gleichschaltung
130 millions of speakers
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85 millions of speakers
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85 millions of speakers
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Gleichschaltung
80 millions of speakers
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75 millions of speakers
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75 millions of speakers
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70 millions of speakers
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15 millions of speakers
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10 millions of speakers
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5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Gleichschaltung

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLEICHSCHALTUNG»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Gleichschaltung

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLEICHSCHALTUNG»

Discover the use of Gleichschaltung in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Gleichschaltung and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gleichschaltung and Where It Failed
In this sense, the Nazis already could look back on remarkable achievements in 1933 as my previous essay [Tobias Schepanek, Gleichschaltung: Nazi Accomplishments after Six Months in Power, Melbourne, Australia (attached to this essay)] ...
Tobias Schepanek, 2007
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Gleichschaltung and the Confessing Church During the German ...
The primary sources for research include works by Martin Luther that shaped the mindset of the churchmen, and history texts detailing the Weimar Republic serving as background for the cultural upheaval experienced by all Germans.
Emily J. Darnell, 2008
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Adolf Hitler: A Biographical Companion
The term Gleichschaltung, borrowed from electrical engineering, means literally “ shifting into the same gear,line,or current.” In practice it was to produce a uniform Volksgemeinschaft based on racial and cultural harmony,all in the name of na- ...
David Nicholls, 2000
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Gleichschaltung
Gleichschaltung (pronounced ( listen)), meaning "coordination," "making the same," "bringing into line," is a Nazi term for the process by which the Nazi regime successively established a system of totalitarian control and tight ...
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Democracy and Dictatorship: Their Psychology and Patterns
One can describe the process of Gleichschaltung as the reversal of the fundamental values of democracy. For it brings with it the weakening and sometimes the annihilation of all the values founded in the concepts of individuality, critical mind, ...
Zevedei Barbu, 2013
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The Nazi Conscience
tones of Gleichschaltung when he explained, "It means that the same stream will flow through the ethnic body politic [Volkskorper]."19 One of the keenest contemporary observers of the transformation of everyday life was Viktor Klemperer, who ...
Claudia Koonz, 2003
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The Crisis
You and I have been reading a great deal about Gleichschaltung, a German term which it is rather difficult to translate. It can be translated by unification or coordination. I for my part, who know German fairly well, believe regimentation is a ...
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Stalin and the Cold War in Europe: The Emergence and ...
Gleichschaltung unter Stalin? pp. 100-102. 144. 'K chitateliu," T. V. Volokitina, G. P. Murashko, and A. P. Noskova (eds.), The vizita A.la. Vyshinskogo v Bukharest 1944-1946. Dokumenty russkikh arkhivov (Moscow: ROSSPEN 1998), pp. 6-12 ...
Gerhard Wettig, 2008
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A Concise History of Nazi Germany
An important aspect of this revolutionary process was described as Gleichschaltung, or coordination. The policy of Gleichschaltung would assist Hitler's expansion and consolidation of power, as well as the realization of the Nazi revolution, ...
Joseph W. Bendersky, 2007
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The Holocaust: The Fate of European Jewry, 1932-1945
1933: The Anti-Jewish Boycott and Legislation — Significance and Results The Attack on the Jews in View o/Gleichschaltung In every local branch and organizational section of the National Socialist German Workers' Party. Action Committees ...
Leni Yahil, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLEICHSCHALTUNG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Gleichschaltung is used in the context of the following news items.
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ObamaCare and America's Death Spiral
Indeed, ObamaCare may one day become the impetus to bring every facet of life into line… what the Nazis called Gleichschaltung. Utopianism ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
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DAAD celebrates 90 years of exchanges
In 1933, however, the DAAD became the victim of the Nazis' “Gleichschaltung” policy of enforced conformity with the party. Alfred Rosenberg ... «University World News, Jun 15»
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„Münkler-Watch” und das plötzliche Schweigen der Medien
Selten zuvor zeigte sich das Ausmaß der Gleichschaltung der deutschen Medien so deutlich wie in den vergangenen Tagen. Es ist mittlerweile ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jun 15»
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Obscure Netanyahu minister emerges as unsung international hero …
One of the key terms in the Nazi lexicon was the atrocious German word Gleichschaltung – meaning connecting all media to the same energy ... «Mondoweiss, Jun 15»
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1860 Munich, the city's other club, are struggling to become noisy …
Instead, the Gauliga was introduced and the country was split into 16 regions under the Nazi's Gleichschaltung measures of obtaining ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Oppose enforced political conformism at Humboldt University
The aim of the witch-hunt against critical students is to enforce Gleichschaltung, political conformity at Humboldt University. It is directed against ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jun 15»
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Gegen die politische Gleichschaltung der Humboldt-Universität
In der Berliner Zeitung vom 27. Mai erhebt der Präsident der Humboldt-Universität, Jan-Hendrik Olbertz, schwere Vorwürfe gegen die Autoren ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jun 15»
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In Need Of Salvation
One of the key terms in the Nazi lexicon was the atrocious German word Gleichschaltung — meaning connecting all media to the same energy ... «Outlook, May 15»
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Herfried Münkler's interview in Die Zeit: State-imposed conformism …
On the basis of this state-supervised conformism, termed Gleichschaltung by the Nazis , freedom of expression was abolished; Jewish, pacifist ... «World Socialist Web Site, May 15»
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Münkler in der Zeit: Gleichschaltung wie 1933
Mit der aktuellen Ausgabe der Zeit erreicht die Kampagne gegen kritische Studierende an der Humboldt-Universität in Berlin, die wöchentlich ... «World Socialist Web Site, May 15»
REFERENCE
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