Balkanize

See also: balkanize

English

Alternative forms

• Balkanise, balkanise
• balkanize

Etymology

Balkan +‎ -ize

Verb

Balkanize (third-person singular simple present Balkanizes, present participle Balkanizing, simple past and past participle Balkanized)

1. (transitive) To break up into small, mutually-hostile units, especially on a political basis.
   • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 83:

     The Pentagon and the CIA were being Balkanized, partially dismantled, and a Congressional investigation had focused on Screaming Fist.

Related terms

• Balkan, Balkans
• Balkanization, Balkanisation

Translations

to break up

• Catalan: balcanitzar (ca)
• Dutch: balkaniseren (nl)
• Finnish: balkanisoida
• French: balkaniser (fr)
• Galician: balcanizar
• German: zersplittern (de), balkanisieren (de)
• Greek: βαλκανοποιώ (el) (valkanopoió)
• Italian: balcanizzare (it)
• Portuguese: balcanizar
• Russian: балканизировать (balkanizirovatʹ)
• Spanish: balcanizar (es)
• Swedish: balkanisera (sv)