centralism

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.

Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der.

Latin centrum

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin centrālisbor.

English central

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)

Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.

English -ism

English centralism

From central + -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛntɹəlɪzəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

centralism (countable and uncountable, plural centralisms)

1. A system that centralizes, especially an administration of some kind.

Derived terms

• bureaucratic centralism
• centralist
• democratic centralism
• ultracentralism

Translations

system that centralizes

• Belarusian: цэнтралізм m (centralizm)
• Catalan: centralisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 集中制 (zh) (jízhōngzhì)

• Czech: centralismus (cs) m
• Finnish: keskusvalta (fi)
• French: centralisme (fr) m
• German: Zentralismus (de) m
• Greek: συγκεντρωτισμός (el) m (sygkentrotismós)
• Indonesian: sentralisme
• Italian: centralismo (it) m
• Lithuanian: centralizmas m
• Macedonian: централизам m (centralizam)
• Norman: centralisme m
• Polish: centralizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: centralismo m
• Russian: централизм (ru) m (centralizm)
• Spanish: centralismo (es) m
• Swedish: centralism (sv) c
• Ukrainian: централізм (uk) m (centralizm)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French centralisme. By surface analysis, central +‎ -ism.

Noun

centralism n (uncountable)

1. centralism

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	centralism	centralismul
genitive-dative	centralism	centralismului
vocative	centralismule

Related terms

• centralist

Further reading

• “centralism”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Swedish

Noun

centralism c

1. centralism

Declension

Declension of centralism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	centralism	centralisms
	definite	centralismen	centralismens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—