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overcentralize

overcentralize verb: to centralize too much.

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 overcentralize

third-person singular presentovercentralizes
present participleovercentralizing
past participleovercentralized
pastovercentralized

Origin of overcentralize

From over- + centralize.

Questions about overcentralize

What does overcentralize mean?
Overcentralize means to centralize too much.
What part of speech is overcentralize?
Overcentralize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overcentralize?
The past tense of overcentralize is overcentralized.

Words near overcentralize in the dictionary

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

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