centralization

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These are the benefits of your centralization, since you have pronounced that word, which is quite as barbarous as the thing itself But pardon me, uncle," said Madame de Tecle, quietly plying her needle, "I know nothing of these matters, but it seems to me that I have heard you say this centralization was the work of the Revolution and of the First Consul.

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  1. The act of centralizing or bringing to one center: as, the centralization of commerce in a city; the centralization of control, as in stock companies. The centralisation of labour in cities has assisted the birth of the trade-union and the co-operative society, which are among the best agencies for diffusing wealth. Rae, Contemporary Socialism, p. 404. While his [Charlemagne's] policy of centralization was abandoned as impossible, the civilizing influences of his rule and his example were never forgotten. Stillé, Stud. Med. Hist., p. 97.
  2. Specifically In politics, the concentration of administrative power in the central government at the expense of local self-government. The Constitution raises a powerful barrier against the tide of centralization which threatens to ingulf our liberties. New Princeton Rev., II. 137. Also Spelled centralisation.

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  • All of Hamilton's measures tended directly to centralization, the object which he and Washington regarded as paramount. —  George Washington
  • Insane as the forms frequently were, in which the centralization was accomplished, the process in itself was logical and natural. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: Federalism as a Mask
  • The second reason which can induce us to offer resistance to such a centralization is that it might stabilize the power of a system of internal government which in all its effects has brought the gravest disaster upon the German people. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: Federalism as a Mask
  • The third reason that can also determine us to fight against the current centralization is the conviction that a great part of the so-called nationalization is in reality no unification, and in no event a simplification, but that in many cases it is only a matter of removing institutions from the sovereign rights of the provinces, in order to open their gates to the interests of the revolutionary parties. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: Federalism as a Mask
  • National banks are useful for certain functions, but I don't think it's prudent to nationalize the entire system, especially when de-centralization might be a better solution than centralization. —  Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
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  1. from centralize + -ation; = French centralisation = Spanish centralizacion = Portuguese centralização = Italian centralizzazione.
 

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