单词 | Balkanize |
释义 | Balkanize —Balkanization, n. —Balkanism, n. /bawl"keuh nuyz'/, v.t., Balkanized, Balkanizing. 1. to divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states. 2. (often l.c.) to divide (groups, areas, etc.) into contending and usually ineffectual factions: a movement to balkanize minority voters. Also, esp. Brit., Balkanise. [1915-20; BALKAN + -IZE] |
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