centralization

The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole

Noun

  1. The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole
    • the centralization of power in the general government
    • the centralization of commerce in a city
    • V-Dem lists the characteristics of autocratization as deteriorations in freedom of expression, the decline of free and fair elections, and the centralization of authority. - 2025 September 16, “Can democracy survive...

Origin

From French centralisation, equivalent to central + -ization or centralize + -ation.

Forms

centralizations centralisation

Derived

anticentralization decentralization democratic centralization overcentralization recentralization