Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who favors or promotes political centralization, or the control of all the functions of government by a central authority.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective advocating centralization.
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- noun a proponent of
centralism - adjective of or pertaining to
centralism
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- adjective advocating centralization
Etymologies
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Examples
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Obummer is a liberal radical in centralist clothing, so who cares.
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Now I hear it called a centralist party, a monarchist party.
Children of the Market Place Edgar Lee Masters 1909
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Michael Gove says this approach is too "centralist".
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Faith in the City [a report on Britain's inner cities, published in 1985, commissioned by the then archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie] has had a lasting impact, even if its solutions now look dated - rather too "centralist" or statist.
New Statesman 2010
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Faith in the City [a report on Britain's inner cities, published in 1985, commissioned by the then archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie] has had a lasting impact, even if its solutions now look dated - rather too "centralist" or statist.
New Statesman 2010
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The only point I’d make here is that he and Letwin are pegging the change too early - the kind of centralist “vertical monarchy” he’s talking about only really took off with the Tudors a hundred years later.
Terribly Boring 5: Time travel with Philip Blond Alix Mortimer 2009
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The only point I’d make here is that he and Letwin are pegging the change too early - the kind of centralist “vertical monarchy” he’s talking about only really took off with the Tudors a hundred years later.
Convention on Modern Liberty Alix Mortimer 2009
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"centralist" in belief, Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist Paper #27:
The Voice 2009
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Surely that's the kind of centralist, socialist thinking that is so wrong and the reason why they're where they are, Mr.Speaker. "
daveberta.ca daveberta 2010
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Surely that's the kind of centralist, socialist thinking that is so wrong and the reason why they're where they are, Mr.Speaker. "
daveberta.ca daveberta 2010
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