centralization

English

Alternative forms

• centralisation

Etymology

From French centralisation.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛntɹəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛntɹəlˌaɪˈzeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

centralization (countable and uncountable, plural centralizations)

1. The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole

   the centralization of power in the general government

   the centralization of commerce in a city

Derived terms

• anticentralization
• decentralization
• overcentralization
• recentralization

 

Translations

the act or process of centralizing

• Afrikaans: sentralisasie
• Arabic: مَرْكَزِيَّة f (markaziyya)
• Basque: zentralizazio
• Bulgarian: централиза́ция (bg) f (centralizácija)
• Catalan: centralització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 集中 (zh) (jízhōng)

• Czech: centralizace f
• Danish: centralisering (da) c
• Dutch: centralisatie (nl) f
• French: centralisation (fr) f
• Galician: centralización (gl) f
• Georgian: ცენტრალიზაცია (cenṭralizacia)
• German: Zentralisierung (de) f
• Greek: συγκέντρωση (el) f (sygkéntrosi)
• Hindi: केंद्रीकरण m (kendrīkaraṇ)
• Hungarian: központosítás (hu)
• Indonesian: sentralisasi (id), penyentralan (id), pemusatan (id)
• Italian: accentramento (it), centralizzazione (it)
• Norwegian: sentralisering m or f
• Polish: centralizacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: centralização (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਕੇਂਦਰੀਕਰਨ m (kendrīkaran)
• Romanian: centralizare (ro)
• Russian: централиза́ция (ru) f (centralizácija)
• Spanish: centralización f
• Swedish: centralisering (sv) c
• Ukrainian: централіза́ція (uk) f (centralizácija)