Balkanization

balkanization English Alternative forms en balkanization en Balkanisation (mainly UK) Etymology From en Balkan ization. The term is a reference to the conflicts that the Balkan peninsula experienced in the 20th century. Pronunciation en /ˌbɔːl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Balkanization.wav Southern England en /ˌbɑl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ US Noun ~ en historical chiefly political science The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other. en by extension informal Any disintegration or fragmentation process. en fragmentation en demographic balkanization en Carol M. Swain The New White Nationalism in America 2002 Cambridge University Press 94 https://books.google.com/books?id=HB1wyFPRGm4C&pg=PA94&dq=%22Balkanization%22&hl=en&cd=30&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Balkanization%22&f=false 978-0-521-80886-6 Issues that are already hotly contested become even more divisive in the context of social balkanization. en Anil K. Jain; Ruud Bolle; Sharath Pankanti Biometrics: Personal Identification in Networked Society 2006 Springer Science & Business Media 401 https://books.google.com/books?id=Xn_uBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA401&dq=%22biometric+Balkanization%22&hl=en&cd=2&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22biometric%20Balkanization%22&f=false 978-0-306-47044-8 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? Derived terms en cyber-Balkanization cyberbalkanization Related terms en Balkanize Translations fragmentation of a region into several small states Arabic: ar بَلْقَنَة f Belarusian: be балканіза́цыя f Bulgarian: bg балканиза́ция f Catalan: ca balcanització f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 巴爾幹化 Bā'ěrgànhuà Czech: cs balkanizace f Dutch: nl balkanisering f Finnish: fi balkanisaatio French: fr balkanisation f Galician: gl balcanización f Georgian: ka ბალკანიზაცია German: de Balkanisierung f Greek: el βαλκανοποίηση f Hungarian: hu balkanizáció Indonesian: id balkanisasi Italian: it balcanizzazione Japanese: ja バルカニゼーション barukanizēshon, ja バルカン化 barukan-ka Korean: ko 발칸화 Macedonian: mk балканизација f Malay: ms balkanisasi Norwegian: no balkanisering Polish: pl bałkanizacja f Portuguese: pt balcanização f Romanian: ro balcanizare Russian: ru балканиза́ция f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh балканизација f Latin: sh balkanizacija f Slovak: sk balkanizácia f Slovene: sl balkanizacija f Spanish: es balcanización f Swedish: sv balkanisering c Tagalog: tl balkanisasyon Turkish: tr Balkanlaşma, tr balkanizasyon Ukrainian: uk балканіза́ція f Vietnamese: vi Balkan hóa any disintegration process Bulgarian: bg балканиза́ция f Catalan: ca balcanització f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 巴爾幹化 Bā'ěrgànhuà Finnish: fi balkanisaatio French: fr balkanisation f Galician: gl balcanización f Georgian: ka ბალკანიზაცია German: de Zerfall m Portuguese: pt balcanização f Russian: ru балканиза́ция f Spanish: es balcanización f Further reading Balkanization Balkan Wars en terms derived from toponyms