lockstep
Marching in file
Lockstep is a way of marching in very close formation, each person's feet moving in unison with the person ahead.
The term extends to rigid conformity or synchronized action: The party voted in lockstep with its leadership.
The implication is usually negative—mindless uniformity rather than coordinated teamwork: They moved in lockstep, never questioning orders.
Armed forces collectively
- drillHole-boring device
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- formationCreation or arrangement
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
synchronized · soldiers · troops · procession · regiment · infantry · boots · precision
State of being identical
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- unisonSimultaneous identical action
- conformanceAdherence to requirements
- groupthinkConformity-driven poor decisions
obedience · compliance · regimentation · homogeneity · standardization · sameness · rigidity · inflexibility
Organized cooperative movement
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- integrationCombining into a whole
partnership · collaboration · workflow · execution · operations · departments · teams · planning
military
Armed forces collectively
cadence · synchronized · soldiers · troops · procession · regiment · infantry · boots · precision · rhythm
uniformity
State of being identical
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- unisonSimultaneous identical action
- conformanceAdherence to requirements
groupthink · obedience · compliance · regimentation · homogeneity · standardization · sameness · rigidity · inflexibility · orthodoxy
coordination
Organized cooperative movement
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
integration · partnership · collaboration · workflow · execution · operations · departments · teams · planning · scheduling
authoritarianism
Concentrated, unchecked governmental power
- partyGathering for celebration
- loyaltyFaithful commitment to another
- propagandaBiased information for influence
ideology · regime · obedience · dissent · totalitarian · followers · partisan · voting · bloc · allegiance
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- marchingmilitary march, quick march, slow march, route march, forced march
- synchronized movementsynchronized swimming, formation flying, murmuration, schooling, unison
- In syncrhythm, beat, timing, unison, harmony
- things that syncclocks, watches, metronome, lip-sync, unison
- togethernesstogether, united, unity, togetherness, bonding
lockstepindependence
Freedom from external control
individuality · autonomy · nonconformity · free will · divergence
lockstepflexibility
Ability to adapt easily
fluidity · adaptability · spontaneity · improvisation · ad hoc
lockstepfree movement
Unrestricted ability to travel
ambling · wandering · meandering · freestyle · straggling