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Definition of Centralization
1. Noun. The act of consolidating power under a central control.
Generic synonyms: Consolidation, Integration
Derivative terms: Centralise, Centralize
Antonyms: Decentralization
2. Noun. Gathering to a center.
Generic synonyms: Gather, Gathering
Derivative terms: Centralise, Centralize
Definition of Centralization
1. n. 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; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.
Definition of Centralization
1. Noun. 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; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Centralization
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centralization
Literary usage of Centralization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"Not only does euch centralization subdue them by force; it isolates them and then
... France witnessed the greatest governmental centralization imaginable, ..."
2. The I. W. W.: A Study of American Syndicalism by Paul Frederick Brissenden (1919)
"It was in conflict with the policy of centralization which characterized the earlier
... 2 •Centralization was wanted—but it was national (or international) ..."
3. The Origin and Development of the Nervous System: From a Physiological Viewpoint by Charles Manning Child (1921)
"Morphologically, centralization is the process, both ontogenetic and ...
Morphological centralization and cephalization in any particular case are at best ..."
4. Principles of Social Science by Henry Charles Carey (1865)
"Centralization looks to increasing the power of the already rich, ... Centralization,
on the contrary, tends towards destroying the circulation, ..."
5. History of Liberty by Samuel Eliot (1853)
"The Catholic centralization, a system of oppressiveness, had given way to the
Catholic ... The imperial centralization had disappeared throughout the West. ..."
6. Principles of Secondary Education by Paul Monroe (1914)
"Centralization of Control. — French education is noteworthy for the high degree
... Such a degree of centralization would be highly distasteful even in the ..."
7. English Local Government of To-day: A Study of the Relations of Central and by Milo Roy Maltbie (1897)
"One had for its object complete centralization of administration, the other the
introduction of a system of central control over local administration. ..."
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