Dictionary

centralization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsɛntɹəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (Canada)
• /ˌsentɹəˌlɑeˈzæɪʃən/ (Australia)
• [ˌsentɹəlɑe̯ˈzæɪʃən] (New-Zealand)
• /ˌsentɹəlaɪˈzæɪʃən/ (New-Zealand)
• (Southern-England) audio Berkshire
• /ˌsɛntɹələˈzeɪʃən/ (General-American)
• /ˌsɛntɹəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French centralisation, equivalent to central + -ization or centralize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable) The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole
   • 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:
   • the centralization of power in the general government
   • the centralization of commerce in a city

Forms

Deriveds

procentralization · overcentralization · anticentralization · decentralization · recentralization · democratic centralization

Translations (38)

no sentralisering (the act or process of centralizing) · it centralizzazione (the act or process of centralizing) · it accentramento (the act or process of centralizing) · id pemusatan (the act or process of centralizing) · id sentralisasi (the act or process of centralizing) · cmn 集中 (the act or process of centralizing) · pt centralização (the act or process of centralizing) · cy canoliad (the act or process of centralizing) · ru централиза́ция (the act or process of centralizing) · sk centralizácia (the act or process of centralizing) · ca centralització (the act or process of centralizing) · es centralización (the act or process of centralizing) · uk централіза́ція (the act or process of centralizing) · pl centralizacja (the act or process of centralizing) · fi keskittäminen (the act or process of centralizing) · ro centralizație (the act or process of centralizing) · be цэнтралізацыя (the act or process of centralizing) · cs centralizace (the act or process of centralizing) · pa ਕੇਂਦਰੀਕਰਨ (the act or process of centralizing) · el συγκέντρωση (the act or process of centralizing) · bg централиза́ция (the act or process of centralizing) · fr centralisation (the act or process of centralizing) · oc centralizacion (the act or process of centralizing) · hu központosítás (the act or process of centralizing) · ro centralizare (the act or process of centralizing) · nl centralisatie (the act or process of centralizing) · af sentralisasie (the act or process of centralizing) · fi keskittyminen (the act or process of centralizing) · da centralisering (the act or process of centralizing) · sv centralisering (the act or process of centralizing) · ka ცენტრალიზაცია (the act or process of centralizing) · id penyentralan (the act or process of centralizing) · ro centralizațiune (the act or process of centralizing) · hi केंद्रीकरण (the act or process of centralizing) · ar مَرْكَزِيَّة (the act or process of centralizing) · gl centralización (the act or process of centralizing) · de Zentralisierung (the act or process of centralizing) · eu zentralizazio (the act or process of centralizing)