Pronounced: PRO-tee-uhn, adj
Notes: I think I may have seen this word somewhere, but I didn’t know the definition
Yesterday’s word
The word gleichschaltung means “the forced standardization of political, economic, and cultural institutions, as in an authoritarian state”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1930s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the German word gleichschalten (to bring into line), from gleich (same) and schalten (to switch; to turn). The term was used by the Nazis for totalitarian control.
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