Gleichschaltung


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Gleichschaltung /ˈglʌɪxˌʃaltʊŋ/
noun the standardization of political, economic, and social institutions as carried out in authoritarian states.
– origin Ger., from gleich ‘same’ + schalten ‘force or bring into line’.
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