goosestepped
Legs locked, marching
Goosestepped is the past tense of goosestep, a military marching style where the legs swing stiffly forward without bending at the knee.
Associated most strongly with Nazi Germany and other authoritarian regimes, it now carries connotations of rigid militarism or blind obedience: The soldiers goosestepped past the reviewing stand.
Walked in procession
- paradedDisplayed in procession
- drilledPierced or rehearsed repeatedly
- WehrmachtNazi Germany's armed forces
- NazisGerman totalitarian party members
soldiers · jackboots · precision · regiment · formation · Prussian · fascist · totalitarian
Ridiculed or scorned
- parodiedMocked by imitation
- Monty PythonBritish surreal comedy troupe
- lampoonedRidiculed through satire
- caricaturedDepicted with exaggerated features
ridiculed · exaggerated · comedic · absurdist · satirized · imitated · derided · farcical
Acted according to expectations
- obeyedFollowed a directive
- compliedFollowed a directive
- submittedFormally gave for consideration
- fell in lineBegan to conform
acquiesced · kowtowed · capitulated · subservient · unquestioning · regimented · automaton · mindless
marched
Walked in procession
- paradedDisplayed in procession
- drilledPierced or rehearsed repeatedly
- WehrmachtNazi Germany's armed forces
Nazis · soldiers · jackboots · precision · regiment · formation · Prussian · fascist · totalitarian · synchronized
mocked
Ridiculed or scorned
- parodiedMocked by imitation
- Monty PythonBritish surreal comedy troupe
- lampoonedRidiculed through satire
caricatured · ridiculed · exaggerated · comedic · absurdist · satirized · imitated · derided · farcical · theatrical
conformed
Acted according to expectations
fell in line · acquiesced · kowtowed · capitulated · subservient · unquestioning · regimented · automaton · mindless · obedient