"Balkanization" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌbɔːl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /ˌbɑl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Balkanization.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Balkanizations [plural]
Etymology: Balkan + -ization. The term is a reference to the conflicts that the Balkan peninsula experienced in the 20th century. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Balkan|ization}} Balkan + -ization Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Balkanization (countable and uncountable, plural Balkanizations)
  1. (historical, chiefly political science) The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Political science Synonyms: balkanization, Balkanisation [UK, mainly] Derived forms: cyberbalkanization Related terms: Balkanize Translations (fragmentation of a region into several small states): بَلْقَنَة (balqana) [feminine] (Arabic), балканіза́цыя (balkanizácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), балканиза́ция (balkanizácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), balcanització [feminine] (Catalan), 巴爾幹化 (Chinese Mandarin), 巴尔干化 (Bā'ěrgànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), balkanizace [feminine] (Czech), balkanisaatio (Finnish), balkanisation [feminine] (French), balcanización [feminine] (Galician), ბალკანიზაცია (balḳanizacia) (Georgian), Balkanisierung [feminine] (German), βαλκανοποίηση (valkanopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), balkanizáció (Hungarian), balkanisasi (Indonesian), balcanizzazione (Italian), バルカニゼーション (barukanizēshon) (Japanese), バルカン化 (barukan-ka) (Japanese), 발칸화 (balkanhwa) (Korean), балканизација (balkanizacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), balkanisering (Norwegian), bałkanizacja [feminine] (Polish), balcanização [feminine] (Portuguese), balcanizare (Romanian), балканиза́ция (balkanizácija) [feminine] (Russian), балканизација [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), balkanizacija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), balkanizácia [feminine] (Slovak), balkanizacija [feminine] (Slovene), balcanización [feminine] (Spanish), balkanisering [common-gender] (Swedish), Balkanlaşma (Turkish), балканіза́ція (balkanizácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Balkan hóa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Balkanization-en-noun-NlDs7eHb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ization Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ization: 83 17 Topics: political-science, social-sciences Disambiguation of 'fragmentation of a region into several small states': 94 6
  2. (by extension, informal) Any disintegration or fragmentation process. Tags: broadly, countable, informal, uncountable Synonyms: fragmentation Translations (any disintegration process): balcanització [feminine] (Catalan), 巴爾幹化 (Chinese Mandarin), 巴尔干化 (Bā'ěrgànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), balkanisaatio (Finnish), balkanisation [feminine] (French), balcanización [feminine] (Galician), ბალკანიზაცია (balḳanizacia) (Georgian), Zerfall [masculine] (German), balcanização [feminine] (Portuguese), балканиза́ция (balkanizácija) [feminine] (Russian), balcanización [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Balkanization-en-noun-BFQLtZj8 Disambiguation of 'any disintegration process': 14 86

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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any disintegration or fragmentation process."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disintegration",
          "disintegration"
        ],
        [
          "fragmentation",
          "fragmentation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension, informal) Any disintegration or fragmentation process."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fragmentation"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "countable",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌbɔːl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌbɑl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "balkanization"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "mainly"
      ],
      "word": "Balkanisation"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "balqana",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بَلْقَنَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "balkanizácyja",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "балканіза́цыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "balkanizácija",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "балканиза́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balcanització"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "巴爾幹化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Bā'ěrgànhuà",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "巴尔干化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balkanizace"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "balkanisaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balkanisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balcanización"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "balḳanizacia",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "ბალკანიზაცია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Balkanisierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "valkanopoíisi",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "βαλκανοποίηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "balkanizáció"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "balkanisasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "balcanizzazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "barukanizēshon",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "バルカニゼーション"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "barukan-ka",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "バルカン化"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balkanhwa",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "발칸화"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "balkanizacija",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "балканизација"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "balkanisering"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bałkanizacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balcanização"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "balcanizare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "balkanizácija",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "балканиза́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "балканизација"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balkanizacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balkanizácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balkanizacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balcanización"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "balkanisering"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "Balkanlaşma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "balkanizácija",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "балканіза́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fragmentation of a region into several small states",
      "word": "Balkan hóa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "any disintegration process",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balcanització"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "any disintegration process",
      "word": "巴爾幹化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Bā'ěrgànhuà",
      "sense": "any disintegration process",
      "word": "巴尔干化"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any disintegration process",
      "word": "balkanisaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any disintegration process",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balkanisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any disintegration process",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balcanización"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "balḳanizacia",
      "sense": "any disintegration process",
      "word": "ბალკანიზაცია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any disintegration process",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zerfall"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any disintegration process",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balcanização"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "balkanizácija",
      "sense": "any disintegration process",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "балканиза́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any disintegration process",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balcanización"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Balkanization"
}

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