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Balkanisation en · NOUN

Etymology

From Balkan + -isation.

Meanings

  1. (UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable) Non-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:

Forms

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Balkanisations Number=Plur lexicographic