centralization

Other forms of centralization

plural

centralizations·

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 centralization

What does centralization mean?

centralization 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 centralization?

centralization has 5 syllables: cen-tra-li-za-tion. The stress falls on "za". In IPA it is /ˌsɛntɹəlɪˈzeɪʃən/.

What is another word for centralization?

Close synonyms include centralisation, centralisation. 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.

What is the opposite of centralization?

The recorded antonyms are decentralization.

Is centralization a common word?

centralization 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.

What rhymes with centralization?

94 words rhyme with centralization. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.