centralist
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˈsɛntrəlɪst/
:
centralista
- Multinational bodies may even offer the advantage of being less susceptible to the centralist tendencies of formally federal structures.
- centralist tendencies
- centralist approach
- centralist versus decentralist
Examples
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The Republic was created by a bureaucratic elite with strong centralist tendencies and a desire to bury the dynastic and semi-theocratic past.
Academic text (2000) -
The decision makers in the Ministry of Education, school principals, and classroom teachers are the three main centers of power in the Israeli centralist education system, and each is able to advance or fail the teaching of any subject.
Academic text (1995) -
At the same time, the new government was quite centralist in its approach to directing institutions to meet the government's election commitments.
Academic text (2003) -
Indeed, in its interventionist and centralist form, it is precisely what has shaped Latin America for decades now.
Academic text (1996) -
The first cabinet, a centralist coalition, was confirmed on March 10, 1949, with Ben-Gurion as the first prime minister.
Academic text (2002) -
Costeloe explains that despite their common values, centralist leaders were often bitterly divided on personal grounds.
Academic text (1997) -
Interviewees' opinions were divided on whether the new government is being more decentralist or centralist in its actions.
Academic text (2003) -
It is regrettable that this centralist vision has become mainstream teaching among economists.
Academic text (1992) -
In the early 1990s, when the New Democratic Party came to power, there was a significant increase in stakeholder input into governance and decision-making at both the institutional and provincial levels and a more centralist approach by government to the planning of an integrated system.
Academic text (2003) -
The government's centralist policies aimed to unify the nation's diverse regions under a single authority.
Synonyms
2
9.1
Favoring strong government control of the economy and society
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6.9
A device that keeps a pipe in the middle of an oil well
Supporting the joining of smaller organizations or authorities into one larger group
Favoring strong government control of the economy and society
Antonyms
How Centralist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word centralist comes from central, from the Latin centrum 'center', and the ending -ist 'one who believes or supports'. So a centralist policy or view is one that favors keeping power in the center rather than spreading it across many local places.