overcentralization

noun

Excessive centralization.

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Meanings

nounovercentralization (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcessive centralization.

    The final chapter sought to clarify the origins of overcentralization, but it went only halfway in that effort.

    2008, János Kornai, By Force of Thought: Irregular Memoirs of an Intellectual Journey, →ISBN
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    These obstacles to the formation and to the effectiveness of a functioning management explain the great prevalence of one-man rule and of overcentralization as forms of management organization despite their universal condemnation.

    2017, Peter F. Drucker, The New Society: The Anatomy of Industrial Order, →ISBN

Origin

From over- + centralization.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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