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CENTRALISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does centralisation mean?
• CENTRALISATION (noun)
The noun CENTRALISATION has 2 senses:
1. the act of consolidating power under a central control
2. gathering to a center
Familiarity information: CENTRALISATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of consolidating power under a central control
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
centralisation; centralization
Hypernyms ("centralisation" is a kind of...):
consolidation; integration (the act of combining into an integral whole)
Derivation:
centralise (make central)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Gathering to a center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
centralisation; centralization
Hypernyms ("centralisation" is a kind of...):
gather; gathering (the act of gathering something)
Derivation:
centralise (make central)
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