goosestepping
Parade ground strut
Goosestepping is marching with legs held stiff and straight, swinging high from the hip without bending the knee.
The exaggerated, mechanical gait is associated with military parades, especially those of Nazi Germany and other authoritarian regimes: Soldiers goosestepped past the reviewing stand.
The term often carries connotations of rigid conformity or fascism.
Ultranationalist dictatorial political system
- NazismGerman fascist totalitarianism
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- militarismPro-force national policy
propaganda · Third Reich · nationalism · tyranny · autocracy · oppression · regime · suppression
Ceremonial public procession
- drillHole-boring device
- formationCreation or arrangement
- marchRhythmic group walk
- regimentColonel-led military unit
infantry · battalion · platoon · troops · soldiers · jackboot · Wehrmacht · cadence
Ceremonial public procession
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- displayPresentation for viewing
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- pompOstentatious display of dignity
procession · demonstration · rally · Nuremberg · Pyongyang · showcase · uniformity · choreography
fascism
Ultranationalist dictatorial political system
- NazismGerman fascist totalitarianism
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
militarism · propaganda · Third Reich · nationalism · tyranny · autocracy · oppression · regime · suppression · indoctrination
parade
Ceremonial public procession
regiment · infantry · battalion · platoon · troops · soldiers · jackboot · Wehrmacht · cadence · precision
parade
Ceremonial public procession
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- displayPresentation for viewing
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
pomp · procession · demonstration · rally · Nuremberg · Pyongyang · showcase · uniformity · choreography · formation
goosesteppingstrolling
Walking at ease
sauntering · ambling · at ease · shuffling · moseying
goosesteppingcivil disobedience
Peaceful refusal to obey
peaceful protest · freedom march · dancing · free movement · individual expression
step, goose, steps, stepping, stepped, goosing, goslings, goosestep, goose-step