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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

中央集権化

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Chūō shūkenka

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Centralization/ˌsɛntrəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"権力の中央集権化は、より効率的な意思決定をもたらしました。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The process of concentrating control and decision-making authority at a single point or central authority.

    "The centralization of power in the government led to more efficient decision-making."
  2. 2

    The act of making something centralized or the state of being centralized.

    "The centralization of the company's operations improved its overall performance."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French 'centralisation', built upon the root 'central' (from Latin 'centralis', from 'centrum', meaning 'center') combined with the suffix '-isation'. It entered political and administrative terminology in the late 18th and early 19th centuries during the formation of modern nation-states to describe the concentration of power and governance into a single central authority.

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