territorializationn.
/ˌtɛrᵻˌtɔːrɪəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌtɛrəˌtɔriələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌtɛrəˌtɔriəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action of territorialize v.; an instance of this.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [noun] > regionalism or decentralization
territoriality1771
centrifugalism1844
decentralization1846
territorialization1850
provincialization1866
regionalism1871
subnationalism1881
regionalization1919
subsidiarity1936
centrifugality1957
1850 F. E. Brewster Slavery & Constit. vi. 19 The people inhabiting California..must wait, and go through a process of Congressional territorialization.
1881 H. C. Adams Outl. of Lect. Polit. Econ. 64 France adopted the principle of territorialization; that is, the country was divided into districts and charters were granted to private corporations for the exclusive management of steam transportation.
1901 Scotsman 11 Mar. 6/3 His plan..demanded the territorialisation of the army.
1954 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 48 412 The ‘territorialization’ of Africa by the European powers has been a step in the creation of new nations.
1983 B. Anderson Imagined Communities ii. 24 In the description of the faith of the Christians as ‘truest’, rather than ‘true’, we can detect the seeds of a territorialization of faiths.
2004 L. S. Bishai Forgetting Ourselves vi. 140 Because we are all profoundly affected (created) by the presence of others..the territorialization of politics presents a major problem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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