CENTRALISM

centralism

(noun) the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

centralism (countable and uncountable, plural centralisms)

A system that centralizes, especially an administration of some kind.

Source: Wiktionary


Cen"tral*ism, n.

1. The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization.

2. The system by which power is centralized, as in a government.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 June 2025

COMMUNICATIONS

(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”


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