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overcentralization

overcentralization noun: excessive centralization.

Noun

overcentralization (uncountable)

  1. Excessive centralization.
    • The final chapter sought to clarify the origins of overcentralization, but it went only halfway in that effort.2008, János Kornai, By Force of Thought: Irregular Memoirs of an Intellectual Journey, →ISBN
    • These obstacles to the formation and to the effectiveness of a functioning management explain the great prevalence of one-man rule and of overcentralization as forms of management organization despite their universal condemnation.2017, Peter F. Drucker, The New Society: The Anatomy of Industrial Order, →ISBN

Origin of overcentralization

From over- + centralization.

Questions about overcentralization

What does overcentralization mean?
Overcentralization means excessive centralization.
What part of speech is overcentralization?
Overcentralization is a noun.

Words near overcentralization in the dictionary

  1. overcentralisation
  2. overcentralise
  3. overcentralised
  4. overcentralises
  5. overcentralising
  6. overcentralization
  7. overcentralize
  8. overcentralized
  9. overcentralizes
  10. overcentralizing
  11. overcerebral

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