Monday, June 20, 2011

New "right word" for the day- "Gleichschaltung"

Gleichschaltung [glish-shy-tung] - noun

1- the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state

2- 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 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. (Wikipedia)  See "heil" images

http://familyrights.us/right_words/heil/heil.jpg

See more- "Words to know at the Right Time"

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