centralization

English

Alternative forms

• centralisation (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛntɹəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛntɹələˈzeɪʃən/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛntɹəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌsentɹəˌlɑeˈzæɪʃən/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌsentɹəlaɪˈzæɪʃən/, [ˌsentɹəlɑe̯ˈzæɪʃən]

Noun

centralization (countable and uncountable, plural centralizations) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

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

   • 2025 September 16, “Can democracy survive without America?”, in The Hankyoreh‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 September 2026:

     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.

Derived terms

• anticentralization
• decentralization
• democratic centralization
• overcentralization
• procentralization
• recentralization

Translations

the act or process of centralizing

• Afrikaans: sentralisasie
• Arabic: مَرْكَزِيَّة f (markaziyya)
• Basque: zentralizazio
• Belarusian: цэнтралізацыя m (centralizácyja)
• Bulgarian: централиза́ция (bg) f (centralizácija)
• Catalan: centralització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 集中 (zh) (jízhōng)

• Czech: centralizace f
• Danish: centralisering (da) c
• Dutch: centralisatie (nl) f
• Finnish: keskittäminen (fi), keskittyminen (fi)
• French: centralisation (fr) f
• Galician: centralización (gl) f
• Georgian: ცენტრალიზაცია (cenṭralizacia)
• German: Zentralisierung (de) f
• Greek: συγκέντρωση (el) f (sygkéntrosi)
• Hindi: केंद्रीकरण m (kendrīkaraṇ)
• Hungarian: központosítás (hu)
• Indonesian: sentralisasi (id), penyentralan (id), pemusatan (id)
• Italian: accentramento (it), centralizzazione (it)
• Norwegian: sentralisering m or f
• Occitan: centralizacion (oc) m
• Polish: centralizacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: centralização (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਕੇਂਦਰੀਕਰਨ m (kendrīkran)
• Romanian: centralizare (ro), centralizație (ro) m, centralizațiune
• Russian: централиза́ция (ru) f (centralizácija)
• Slovak: centralizácia
• Spanish: centralización (es) f
• Swedish: centralisering (sv) c
• Ukrainian: централіза́ція (uk) f (centralizácija)
• Welsh: canoliad m