gleichschalten

German

Etymology

gleich + schalten

Pronunciation

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Verb

gleichschalten (weak, third-person singular present schaltet gleich, past tense schaltete gleich, past participle gleichgeschaltet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (electrical engineering, transitive) to synchronise
  2. (Nazism, transitive) to force into Gleichschaltung
  3. (politics, by extension, transitive) to subjugate (someone)’s thought and action to the policies and worldview of the ruling class

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