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Gleichschaltungs

Gleichschaltungs is the plural of Gleichschaltung.

Meaning of Gleichschaltung

Noun

Gleichschaltung (countable and uncountable, plural Gleichschaltungs)

  1. The forced standardization of political and social institutions under an authoritarian regime, originally with reference to Nazi Germany.
    • 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...1973, Dietrich Orlow, The History of the Nazi Party: 1933–1945, volume 2, Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, →ISBN, page 181

Questions about Gleichschaltungs

What is Gleichschaltungs the plural of?
Gleichschaltungs is the plural of Gleichschaltung.

Words near Gleichschaltungs in the dictionary

  1. gleichenia
  2. gleicheniaceous
  3. gleichenias
  4. Gleichs
  5. Gleichschaltung
  6. Gleichschaltungs
  7. gleied
  8. Gleig
  9. gleiing
  10. Gleim
  11. Gleims

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