regionalizev.
/ˈriːdʒn̩əlʌɪz/, /ˈriːdʒn̩l̩ʌɪz/, /ˈriːdʒənl̩ʌɪz/, /ˈriːdʒ(ə)nəlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈridʒənlˌaɪz/, /ˈridʒnəˌlaɪz/ transitive. To make regional; to organize on a regional basis; to divide into regions.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > divide into administrative areas [verb (transitive)] > divide into regions or organize by regions
regionalize1917
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [verb (transitive)] > regionalize or decentralize
federalize1787
territorializea1834
decentralize1859
provincialize1885
regionalize1938
1917 Lawyer & Banker & Southern Bench & Bar Rev. 10 69 To ‘regionalize’ the Interstate Commerce Commission into ten or a dozen departments would still further increase the number of regulating bodies.
1938 Odum & Moore Amer. Regionalism i. viii. 188 We have ‘regionalized’ our nation and subregionalized and districted our states.
1962 Daily Tel. 8 May 1/7 Miners' M.P.s repeatedly voiced suspicion that Lord Robens's real intention..is to ‘regionalise’ the coal industry by creating autonomous boards in Scotland, Lancashire and elsewhere.
2003 Daily Tel. 31 Mar. 10/1 They also decided to close the London office, which includes the press office, and to ‘regionalise’ the organisation in England.
Derivatives
ˈregionalized adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [adjective] > characterized by regionalism or decentralization
federalizing1800
decentralized1851
decentralizing1860
regionalistic1898
regionalized1923
1923 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 17 653 The problems of legislative and administrative areas, regionalized public opinion, and local interests are not considered.
1978 Radio Times 11 Mar. 15/4 In future years Ceefax will offer regionalized news.
2004 N.Y. Mag. 6 Sept. 33/3 I like my America big, a sea-to-shining-sea big, a boiling regionalized stewpot.
ˈregionalizing n.
ΚΠ
1917 School & Soc. 6 708/1 The federal board records the following steps of progress..Regionalizing of the United States for administrative purposes [etc.].
1965 Times 7 June 9/5 It would permit the regionalizing of electricity supplies.
2002 D. Y. Miller Regional Governing Metropol. Amer. vii. 106 Embedded within this explosion of governments is the regionalizing of many urban services.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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