Meanings
verbrecentralize (third-person singular simple present recentralizes, present participle recentralizing, simple past and past participle recentralized)
present singular third person recentralizes · participle present recentralizing · participle past recentralized · past recentralized
- transitiveTo centralize again or anew.
The tendency of the petrostate is to recentralize, petrify and personalize power, said Margarita López Maya, a political scientist who long supported Chávez but is now disillusioned.
2007 December 3, Roger Cohen, “The Limits of 21st-Century Revolution”, in New York Times
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Catalan recentralitzar
- recentralitzarto centralize again
French recentraliser
- recentraliserto centralize again
German rezentralisieren
- rezentralisierento centralize again
Italian ricentralizzare
- ricentralizzareto centralize again
Portuguese recentralizar
- recentralizarto centralize again
Spanish recentralizar
- recentralizarto centralize again
Cite this entry
APA
recentralize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recentralize
MLA
“recentralize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recentralize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recentralize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recentralize.
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