Meanings
plural centralizations · alternative centralisation
- BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableuncountableThe 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 commerce in a city
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the centralization of power in the general government
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.
2025 September 16, “Can democracy survive without America?”, in The Hankyoreh
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of consolidating power under a central control
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchcentralisation
- Englishcentralization
From French centralisation, equivalent to central + -ization or centralize + -ation.
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Afrikaans sentralisasie
- sentralisasiethe act or process of centralizing
Arabic مَرْكَزِيَّة
- مَرْكَزِيَّة (markaziyya)the act or process of centralizing
Basque zentralizazio
- zentralizaziothe act or process of centralizing
Bulgarian централиза́ция
- централиза́ция (centralizácija)the act or process of centralizing
Catalan centralització
- centralitzacióthe act or process of centralizing
Chinese Mandarin 集中
- 集中 (jízhōng)the act or process of centralizing
Czech centralizace
- centralizacethe act or process of centralizing
Danish centralisering
- centraliseringthe act or process of centralizing
Dutch centralisatie
- centralisatiethe act or process of centralizing
Finnish keskittäminen, keskittyminen
- keskittäminenthe act or process of centralizing
- keskittyminenthe act or process of centralizing
French centralisation
- centralisationthe act or process of centralizing
German Zentralisierung
- Zentralisierungthe act or process of centralizing
Greek συγκέντρωση
- συγκέντρωση (sygkéntrosi)the act or process of centralizing
Hindi केंद्रीकरण
- केंद्रीकरण (kendrīkaraṇ)the act or process of centralizing
Hungarian központosítás
- központosításthe act or process of centralizing
Indonesian sentralisasi, penyentralan
- sentralisasithe act or process of centralizing
- penyentralanthe act or process of centralizing
- pemusatanthe act or process of centralizing
Italian accentramento, centralizzazione
- accentramentothe act or process of centralizing
- centralizzazionethe act or process of centralizing
Norwegian sentralisering
- sentraliseringthe act or process of centralizing
Polish centralizacja
- centralizacjathe act or process of centralizing
Portuguese centralização
- centralizaçãothe act or process of centralizing
Punjabi ਕੇਂਦਰੀਕਰਨ
- ਕੇਂਦਰੀਕਰਨ (kendrīkaran)the act or process of centralizing
Romanian centralizare, centralizație
- centralizarethe act or process of centralizing
- centralizațiethe act or process of centralizing
- centralizațiunethe act or process of centralizing
Russian централиза́ция
- централиза́ция (centralizácija)the act or process of centralizing
Slovak centralizácia
- centralizáciathe act or process of centralizing
Spanish centralización
- centralizaciónthe act or process of centralizing
Swedish centralisering
- centraliseringthe act or process of centralizing
Ukrainian централіза́ція
- централіза́ція (centralizácija)the act or process of centralizing
Welsh canoliad
- canoliadthe act or process of centralizing
Cite this entry
centralization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centralization
“centralization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centralization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centralization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centralization.
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