Balkanized

balkanized English Alternative forms en Balkanised Adjective en chiefly politics Fractured, divided. en-US Ben Sisario When Indie-Rock Genres Outnumber the Bands The New York Times 2009-12-31 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/arts/music/03indie.html 0362-4331 What was once always on the brink of something bigger has become Balkanized, and the process of genre subdivision has hidden away bands in ever tinier and more obscure pigeonholes, affecting even the best and most widely known among them. https://web.archive.org/web/20250419053149/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/arts/music/03indie.html 19 April 2025 en Rhymer Rigby Sick of this Conservative government? That shouldn’t stop you having Tory friends The Guardian 2023-07-17 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/17/sick-of-this-conservative-government-that-shouldnt-stop-you-having-tory-friends 0261-3077 I often think about this whenever I’m in the hyperpartisan, Balkanised world of social media full as it is of people calling Tories scum (and worse) and collecting a bountiful harvest of retweets and likes on the back of it. https://web.archive.org/web/20261011045423/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/17/sick-of-this-conservative-government-that-shouldnt-stop-you-having-tory-friends 11 October 2026 Verb en verb form en Balkanize ed-form