[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]