overcentralized
overcentralized adjective: overly centralized or concentrated in authority.
Adjective
overcentralized (comparative more overcentralized, superlative most overcentralized)
- Overly centralized or concentrated in authority.
- As the military expert Anthony Cordesman, who has advised the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, explained in The Washington Post recently, it requires “a significant number” of U.S. reinforcements and time to do what the Kabul government has failed to do, because it remains “a grossly overcentralized...2009 September 6, Thomas L. Friedman, “From Baby-Sitting to Adoption”, in New York Times
Forms of overcentralized
| comparative | more overcentralized |
|---|---|
| superlative | most overcentralized |
Origin of overcentralized
From over- + centralized.
Questions about overcentralized
- What does overcentralized mean?
- Overcentralized means overly centralized or concentrated in authority.
- What part of speech is overcentralized?
- Overcentralized is an adjective.
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