parcelizationn.
/ˌpɑːsəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌpɑːsl̩ʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑrsələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌpɑrsəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Division (esp. of land) into separate parcels, parts, or portions. Also figurative.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] > division into parcels or portions
parcelling1803
parcellation1880
parcelization1919
1919 Amer. Econ. Rev. 9 418 The difficulties are chiefly the class of cane grown, competition with gur and with other crops and the parcellization of land.
1934 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 6 266 Emigration has aided the modernization of Scandinavian agriculture. By relieving the soil of many a younger child, it probably retarded the process of excessive parcellization.
1960 E. R. Goodman in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 725 The treatment of the Moslem peoples of the Soviet Union provides the clearest illustration of this policy of parcelization. In an effort to avoid the creation of a large Moslem state in the Volga-Urals area, the Soviet regime created separate Bashkir and Tartar ASSRs.
1990 Current Hist. Dec. 406/1 Known as the Titoist solution, this highly decentralized federalism came under Serbian attack as a ‘parcelization’ of power.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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