centralization

English

Alternative forms

• centralisation (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

From French centralisation, equivalent to central +‎ -ization or centralize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

centralization (countable and uncountable, plural centralizations) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

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

   • 2025 September 16, “Can democracy survive without America?”, in The Hankyoreh‎:

     V-Dem lists the characteristics of autocratization as deteriorations in freedom of expression, the decline of free and fair elections, and the centralization of authority.

Derived terms

• anticentralization
• decentralization
• democratic centralization
• 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 (es) f Swedish: centralisering (sv) c Ukrainian: централіза́ція (uk) f (centralizácija)