- Balkanization
- UK [ˌbɔːlkənaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌbɔlkənaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n]
noun [uncountable]
the process of dividing a country, region etc into smaller areas where the different groups of people all dislike or fight each other
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Balkanization
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Balkanization — (Amer.) n. breaking up of a region into small units; division of a group into smaller and hostile units; division of a labor market into many economic and geographic branches with each having its own internal labor maket (also Balkanisation) … English contemporary dictionary
Balkanization — [ Yugoslavia.] Balkanization is a geopolitical term originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or non cooperative with each other. [… … Wikipedia
Balkanization — See Balkanize. * * * division of a multinational state into smaller ethnically homogeneous entities. The term also is used to refer to ethnic conflict within multiethnic states. It was coined at the end of World War I to describe the ethnic … Universalium
Balkanization — [[t]bɔ͟ːlkənaɪze͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) (The spellings balkanization, and in British English balkanisation are also used.) If you disapprove of the division of a country into separate independent states, you can refer to the… … English dictionary
balkanization — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷nə̇ˈzāshən, ˌnīˈz noun ( s) Usage: often capitalized : the process of balkanizing : the state of being balkanized regretted the balkanization of South Africa and were anxious for some form of federation Leo Marquard perpetuate the… … Useful english dictionary
balkanization — balkanizacija statusas T sritis Politika apibrėžtis Procesas, reiškiantis didelės valstybės suirimą ir naujų mažų, nacionalistiškai nusiteikusių ir labai priešiškų viena kitai valstybių susiformavimą. Terminas atsirado iš Balkanų pusiasalio… … Politikos mokslų enciklopedinis žodynas
Balkanization — Balkanize (also Balkanise) ► VERB ▪ divide (a region or body) into smaller mutually hostile states or groups. DERIVATIVES Balkanization noun … English terms dictionary
balkanization — noun see balkanize … New Collegiate Dictionary
Balkanization — noun /ˈbɒl.kən.aɪ.zeɪ.ʃən,ˈbɑl.kən.aɪ.zeɪ.ʃən/ a) A geopolitical term to describe the fragmentation of a region into several small states that are often hostile or non cooperative with each other. b) Any disintegration process, such as that of… … Wiktionary
balkanization — bal|kan|i|za|tion also sation BrE [ˌbo:lkənaıˈzeıʃən US ˌbo:lkənə ] n [U] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Balkans, the name of an area of southeast Europe with many small states that often fight each other] the practice of dividing a country into… … Dictionary of contemporary English
balkanization — bal·kan·i·za·tion … English syllables
