balkanizev.

Brit.

/ˈbɔːlkənʌɪz/,

/ˈbɔːlkn̩ʌɪz/,

/ˈbɒlkənʌɪz/,

/ˈbɒlkn̩ʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈbɔlkəˌnaɪz/,

/ˈbɑlkəˌnaɪz/

Forms: 1900s– balkanise, 1900s– balkanize. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: Balkan adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < Balkan adj. + -ize suffix, originally (in sense 1) after Italian balcanizzare (1915 or earlier). Compare earlier balkanizing n. and slightly earlier balkanization n. Compare French balkaniser (1916 or earlier), German balkanisieren (1915 or earlier).

1. transitive. To make Balkan. rare.

ΚΠ

1917 Proclamation in L. Carnovale Why Italy entered Great War ii. xv. 190 This artificial invasion..is demanded by the Austrian government..to Balkanize Trieste in order to concentrate in it, politically and commercially, the Western Balkans.

a. transitive. To divide (a region) into a number of smaller, often mutually hostile, political or territorial units. Also intransitive: to fragment or be divided in this way. Cf. balkanization n.Originally with allusion to the breaking up of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires in the late 19th and early 20th cent., and the formation of separate Balkan states.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > direct rule, devolution, or trusteeship > [verb (transitive)] > divide into smaller units

balkanize1918

1918 Fortn. Rev. 2 Dec. 871 There is also a distinct probability that China may break up and be ‘balkanised’ too.

1931 A. L. Rowse Politics & Younger Generation x. 267 A war which began with the attempt to impose order in the Balkans has had the effect of balkanizing Europe.

1964 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 58 633 Neo-imperial plots to Balkanize Africa.

1989 P. Stroller Fusion of Worlds 16 Princely rivalries caused the empire to balkanize into five chiefdoms.

2012 Afr. News (Nexis) 7 Aug. We denounce these wars and the attempt by the rebels to balkanize our country.

b. transitive. In extended use (usually with negative connotations): to divide (a whole) into a number of separate parts; to cause to fragment; to split. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > cleave or split [verb (transitive)]

to-cleavec888

cleavea1100

forcleavec1290

shidec1315

rivec1330

sheara1340

carvec1374

slivea1400

thrusche1483

porfend1490

splet1530

share?1566

spleet1585

splint1591

split1595

diverberate1609

fissure1656

spall1841

balkanize1942

1942 Fortune Nov. 32/2 (heading) Balkanizing the war effort... One of the most important businessmen on the West Coast put clearly what many people had been trying to crystallize—the absurdity of chopping up what should be one big job.

1974 Publius 4 95 Local control balkanizes and fragments welfare policy.

1988 Nature 9 June 493/2 It is not so much that science has been balkanized by specialization, but that the conventions of the trade impede communication even with would-be readers.

2003 P. Catterall Macmillan Diaries p. xx Their method of composition, in a series of grand thematic chapters, also effectively balkanized the diaries, extracts from which, taken out of context, were scattered throughout.

2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Apr. iv. 4/1 Is the country destined to balkanize into a patchwork of polar-opposite policies?

Derivatives

ˈBalkanized adj.

ΚΠ

1919 World Tomorrow Mar. 61/2 An idle, starving, embittered Germany, which may before many weeks have passed become a Government-less Germany, torn by factional strife,—a Balkanized Central Europe!

1920 Public Opinion 2 July 4/3 In this unhappy Balkanised world..every state is at issue with its neighbours.

1989 New Scientist 19 Aug. 64/1 This is a new situation, which cannot be met, as in the past, by a balkanised administration in several research councils.

2008 New Yorker 21 July 51/2 Twelve years of chaotic, balkanized politics.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	balkanize
释义	balkanizev. Brit. /ˈbɔːlkənʌɪz/, /ˈbɔːlkn̩ʌɪz/, /ˈbɒlkənʌɪz/, /ˈbɒlkn̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈbɔlkəˌnaɪz/, /ˈbɑlkəˌnaɪz/ Forms: 1900s– balkanise, 1900s– balkanize. Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: Balkan adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < Balkan adj. + -ize suffix, originally (in sense 1) after Italian balcanizzare (1915 or earlier). Compare earlier balkanizing n. and slightly earlier balkanization n. Compare French balkaniser (1916 or earlier), German balkanisieren (1915 or earlier). 1. transitive. To make Balkan. rare. ΚΠ 1917 Proclamation in L. Carnovale Why Italy entered Great War ii. xv. 190 This artificial invasion..is demanded by the Austrian government..to Balkanize Trieste in order to concentrate in it, politically and commercially, the Western Balkans. 2. a. transitive. To divide (a region) into a number of smaller, often mutually hostile, political or territorial units. Also intransitive: to fragment or be divided in this way. Cf. balkanization n.Originally with allusion to the breaking up of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires in the late 19th and early 20th cent., and the formation of separate Balkan states. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > direct rule, devolution, or trusteeship > [verb (transitive)] > divide into smaller units balkanize1918 1918 Fortn. Rev. 2 Dec. 871 There is also a distinct probability that China may break up and be ‘balkanised’ too. 1931 A. L. Rowse Politics & Younger Generation x. 267 A war which began with the attempt to impose order in the Balkans has had the effect of balkanizing Europe. 1964 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 58 633 Neo-imperial plots to Balkanize Africa. 1989 P. Stroller Fusion of Worlds 16 Princely rivalries caused the empire to balkanize into five chiefdoms. 2012 Afr. News (Nexis) 7 Aug. We denounce these wars and the attempt by the rebels to balkanize our country. b. transitive. In extended use (usually with negative connotations): to divide (a whole) into a number of separate parts; to cause to fragment; to split. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > cleave or split [verb (transitive)] to-cleavec888 cleavea1100 forcleavec1290 shidec1315 rivec1330 sheara1340 carvec1374 slivea1400 thrusche1483 porfend1490 splet1530 share?1566 spleet1585 splint1591 split1595 diverberate1609 fissure1656 spall1841 balkanize1942 1942 Fortune Nov. 32/2 (heading) Balkanizing the war effort... One of the most important businessmen on the West Coast put clearly what many people had been trying to crystallize—the absurdity of chopping up what should be one big job. 1974 Publius 4 95 Local control balkanizes and fragments welfare policy. 1988 Nature 9 June 493/2 It is not so much that science has been balkanized by specialization, but that the conventions of the trade impede communication even with would-be readers. 2003 P. Catterall Macmillan Diaries p. xx Their method of composition, in a series of grand thematic chapters, also effectively balkanized the diaries, extracts from which, taken out of context, were scattered throughout. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Apr. iv. 4/1 Is the country destined to balkanize into a patchwork of polar-opposite policies? Derivatives ˈBalkanized adj. ΚΠ 1919 World Tomorrow Mar. 61/2 An idle, starving, embittered Germany, which may before many weeks have passed become a Government-less Germany, torn by factional strife,—a Balkanized Central Europe! 1920 Public Opinion 2 July 4/3 In this unhappy Balkanised world..every state is at issue with its neighbours. 1989 New Scientist 19 Aug. 64/1 This is a new situation, which cannot be met, as in the past, by a balkanised administration in several research councils. 2008 New Yorker 21 July 51/2 Twelve years of chaotic, balkanized politics. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1917
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