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overcentralise

overcentralise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overcentralize.

Meaning of overcentralize

Verb

overcentralize (third-person singular simple present overcentralizes, present participle overcentralizing, simple past and past participle overcentralized)

  1. (transitive) To centralize too much.
    • to overcentralize government

Forms of overcentralise

third-person singular presentovercentralises
present participleovercentralising
past participleovercentralised
pastovercentralised

Origin of overcentralise

From over- + centralise.

Questions about overcentralise

What is overcentralise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Overcentralise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of overcentralize.

Words near overcentralise in the dictionary

  1. overcelebrate
  2. overcelebrated
  3. overcelebrates
  4. overcelebrating
  5. overcentralisation
  6. overcentralise
  7. overcentralised
  8. overcentralises
  9. overcentralising
  10. overcentralization
  11. overcentralize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overcentralise (page history and authors); overcentralize (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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