Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who favors or promotes political centralization, or the control of all the functions of government by a central authority.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective advocating centralization.

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  • noun a proponent of centralism
  • adjective of or pertaining to centralism

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  • adjective advocating centralization

Etymologies

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central(ism) +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • Obummer is a liberal radical in centralist clothing, so who cares.

    Democrats thump Pawlenty for Virginia appearance 2009

  • Now I hear it called a centralist party, a monarchist party.

    Children of the Market Place Edgar Lee Masters 1909

  • Michael Gove says this approach is too "centralist".

    Exam result shock: Balls fails 2009

  • Faith in the City [a report on Britain's inner cities, published in 1985, commissioned by the then archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie] has had a lasting impact, even if its solutions now look dated - rather too "centralist" or statist.

    New Statesman 2010

  • Faith in the City [a report on Britain's inner cities, published in 1985, commissioned by the then archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie] has had a lasting impact, even if its solutions now look dated - rather too "centralist" or statist.

    New Statesman 2010

  • The only point I’d make here is that he and Letwin are pegging the change too early - the kind of centralist “vertical monarchy” he’s talking about only really took off with the Tudors a hundred years later.

    Terribly Boring 5: Time travel with Philip Blond Alix Mortimer 2009

  • The only point I’d make here is that he and Letwin are pegging the change too early - the kind of centralist “vertical monarchy” he’s talking about only really took off with the Tudors a hundred years later.

    Convention on Modern Liberty Alix Mortimer 2009

  • "centralist" in belief, Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist Paper #27:

    The Voice 2009

  • Surely that's the kind of centralist, socialist thinking that is so wrong and the reason why they're where they are, Mr.Speaker. "

    daveberta.ca daveberta 2010

  • Surely that's the kind of centralist, socialist thinking that is so wrong and the reason why they're where they are, Mr.Speaker. "

    daveberta.ca daveberta 2010

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