centralisation

1. 1.

   the act of consolidating power under a central control

   Synonymscentralization

   Broaderconsolidation
2. 2.

   gathering to a center

   Synonymscentralization

   Broadergather

Other forms of centralisation

plural

centralisations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about centralisation

What does centralisation mean?

centralisation means "the act of consolidating power under a central control". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in centralisation?

centralisation has 6 syllables: cen-tra-li-sa-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for centralisation?

Close synonyms include centralization, centralization. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is centralisation a common word?

centralisation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.