Balkanization

Definitions

1. The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.
   countable, historical, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of Balkanization.
   alt-of, countable, uncountable
3. Any disintegration or fragmentation process.
   broadly, countable, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“demographic balkanization”

“Issues that are already hotly contested become⟳ even more divisive in the context of social balkanization.”

“In other words, will the biometric future feature biometric centralization whereby one biometric would dominate multiple applications, or will we see⟳ biometric balkanization where multiple biometrics are used for multiple applications?”

“TV is the mass medium now, and balkanization has hit the newspaper industry.”

“Evening newscasts speak⟳ of a country on the verge of balkanization.”

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