LOCKSTEP

lockstep

(noun) a manner of marching in file in which each person’s leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead; “the prisoner’s ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep”

lockstep

(noun) a standard procedure that is followed mindlessly; “the union’s support had been in lockstep for years”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lockstep (usually uncountable, plural locksteps)

(military) A step whereby the toe of one man is brought very close to the heel of the man in front.

(figuratively) Close connection, unison, rigid synchronization.

An inflexible, rigid or stifling pattern.

Anagrams

• splocket

Source: Wiktionary



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SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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