Definition of Balkanized

1. Verb. (past of Balkanize) ¹

2. Verb. (past of balkanize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Balkanized

1. balkanize [v] - See also: balkanize

Lexicographical Neighbors of Balkanized

balistas
balister
balisters
balistically
balistoid
balistraria
balistrarias
balisword
balize
balizes
balk
balkan nephropathy
balkanite
balkanization
balkanizations
balkanized (current term)
balkanizer
balkanizers
balkanizes
balkanizing
balked
balker
balkers
balkier
balkiest
balkily
balkiness
balkinesses
balking
balkingly

Literary usage of Balkanized

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. All in a Life-time by Henry Morgenthau, French Strother (1922)
"The danger is not only that the Balkans will be more balkanized than ever, but that Russia, too, will be balkanized. The only safety lies in setting up a ..."

2. The American Political Science Review (1921)
"... balkanized Europe (EP Button and Co., pp. 349). The author spent eleven consecutive years in various European countries as special correspondent for the ..."

3. Woodrow Wilson and World Settlement by Ray Stannard Baker (1922)
"In a balkanized Europe of small squabbling states are left only two considerable national entities, France and Germany. To render the one secure, ..."

4. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"The party had only been on for a couple hours, but it had already balkanized into inward-facing groups: merchants, kids, hackers. ..."

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