centralism
noun
a centralizing system; centralization.
centralist
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a word derived from
centralism.
Example Sentences
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“We’ve had to travel to this aggressive city, this centralist city, and we say, the Andes have descended.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
“Are not both absolutist, centralist, totalitarian, in short, enemies of human freedom?”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2021
"This was a centralist economy - the factories, the dams, the police - you name it, we were now responsible for it," says Etherington.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2016
“I am a centralist Republican conservative,” she says.
From Time ● Mar. 29, 2013
For some years it has been known that his heir, Francis Ferdinand, was the advocate of far-reaching changes, which would have taken the form of a compromise between a federalist and a centralist system.
From The War and Democracy by
