Balkanisation

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A form of balkanization — The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.

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Meanings

nounBalkanisation (countable and uncountable, plural Balkanisations)

plural Balkanisations

  1. UKcountablenonstandarduncountableNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of Balkanization.

    "For myself, because of the baggage of 30 years of balkanisation, I think the elegant solution is to take operations back into the public sector. It will mean you can have a whole-industry approach to running the railway, unencumbered by contractual differences."

    2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41

Origin

From Balkan + -isation.

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APA

Balkanisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balkanisation

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“Balkanisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balkanisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Balkanisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balkanisation.

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