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Grammar : Noun
Spell : sen-truh-luh-zey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɛn trə ləˈzeɪ ʃən



Définition of centralization

Origin :
  • 1801, especially of administrative power, originally with reference to Napoleonic France and on model of French centralisation. See centralize + -ation.
  • noun consolidation
Example sentences :
  • We may express that method in the one word "centralization."
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • Those same twenty years mark the centralization of industry.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
  • Centralization permits, but does not guarantee, greater efficiency.
  • Extract from : « Chapters in Rural Progress » by Kenyon L. Butterfield
  • One of the first tendencies of sickness is to centralization.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 » by Various
  • The doctor well understood all the advantages of centralization.
  • Extract from : « Laboulaye's Fairy Book » by Various
  • Perhaps the greatest lack in expositions of this type is centralization.
  • Extract from : « Expository Writing » by Mervin James Curl
  • The principle of centralization of power is evidently not of modern origin.
  • Extract from : « Myths of the Rhine » by X. B. Saintine
  • From a radical point of view the centralization of the system was decried.
  • Extract from : « A History of England, Period III. » by Rev. J. Franck Bright
  • Another evil has grown out of the centralization of the schools.
  • Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1898 » by Various
  • On the other hand, he has far less unity and centralization.
  • Extract from : « The Bird » by Jules Michelet

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