centralize
See also: centralizē
English
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[edit]- centralise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology
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English central
English centralize
Pronunciation
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[edit]centralize (third-person singular simple present centralizes, present participle centralizing, simple past and past participle centralized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
- To move power to a single, central authority
- To make something focal, the most important
- 1985 February 2, Malkah Barrsey Feldman, “Blacks & Jews: Vulnerability & Values”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 14:
- She examines authors Mary Daly and Andrea Dworkin and criticizes the analysis that centralizes all our oppression in sexism.
Derived terms
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[edit]to move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
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to move power to a single, central authority
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Galician
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[edit]centralize
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of centralizar:
Portuguese
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[edit]centralize
- inflection of centralizar:
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