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Balkanisation

Balkanisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Balkanization.

Meaning of Balkanization

Noun

Balkanization (countable and uncountable, plural Balkanizations)

  1. (historical) The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.
  2. (broadly, informal) Any disintegration or fragmentation process.
    • demographic balkanization
    Synonyms:
    fragmentation

Forms of Balkanisation

pluralBalkanisations

Origin of Balkanisation

From Balkan + -isation.

Questions about Balkanisation

What is Balkanisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Balkanisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Balkanization.

Words near Balkanisation in the dictionary

  1. Balkaner
  2. Balkaners
  3. Balkania
  4. Balkanian
  5. Balkanic
  6. Balkanisation
  7. Balkanisations
  8. balkanise
  9. balkanised
  10. balkaniser
  11. balkanisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Balkanisation (page history and authors); Balkanization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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