单词 | balkanization |
释义 | balkanizationn. The action or fact of balkanizing or dividing a region into separate political or territorial units. Also in extended use. Cf. balkanize v. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > direct rule, devolution, or trusteeship > [noun] > division into small units balkanization1914 balkanizing1919 1914 E. H. Bradford Amer. College of Surgeons Fellowship Addr. 5 How long the present Balkanization of Europe is to continue..no one can tell, but it is certain that the Mexicanization of North America will stop at the Rio Grande. 1920 19th Cent. Mar. 536 Great Britain has been accused by French observers of pursuing a policy aimed at the Balkanisation of the Baltic provinces. 1940 Mich. Law Rev. 38 1293 An ever-increasing economic provincialism, or ‘balkanization’, by the states. 1960 Economist 15 Oct. 216/1 The African leaders..owe it to themselves..to grasp what there is in the majority report for them before they opt for balkanisation. 1987 Nature 26 Nov. 300/1 The casual balkanization of British higher education..is a mistake. 2006 Tablet 14 Oct. 2/2 The controversy has stirred up existing uneasiness about multiculturalism leading to parallel but separate societies, and the ghettoisation or even Balkanisation of Britain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1914 |
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