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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the act of consolidating power under a central control;
[syn: centralization, centralisation]

2. gathering to a center;
[syn: centralization, centralisation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Centralization \Cen`tral*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. centralisation.] 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; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

centralization n 1: the act of consolidating power under a central control [syn: centralization, centralisation] [ant: decentralisation, decentralization] 2: gathering to a center [syn: centralization, centralisation]