单词 | centrifugalism |
释义 | centrifugalismn. Esp. in political contexts: movement or a tendency to move away from the centre; tendency to decentralize; decentralization. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [noun] > regionalism or decentralization territoriality1771 centrifugalism1844 decentralization1846 territorialization1850 provincialization1866 regionalism1871 subnationalism1881 regionalization1919 subsidiarity1936 centrifugality1957 society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > federalism > decentralization centrifugalism1844 decentralization1846 1844 Congress. Globe Jan. App. 134/2 He passed by the cry of centrifugalism, so often raised on the Texas question, as the mere ghost of an argument. 1872 Bureau May 347/2 For cohesion, compactness, centripetalism, not repellency, disunity, centrifugalism, are the distinguishing characteristics of every minority not in its decadence. 1903 Christian Reg. (Boston) 16 July 827/2 It is a law of nature that centripetalism shall follow centrifugalism. 1975 K. L. Karst & K. S. Rosenn Law & Developm. in Lat. Amer. i. 23 Political centrifugalism contributed to legal pluralism, for each king had his own concept of what should be decreed. 1991 E. Noam Television in Europe iii. 29 These factors contributed to a greater differentiation of viewing patterns than in the past and to a greater centrifugalism in the mass audience. 2012 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Jan. 32 Most baffling of all is Cameron's horror of devo max, the one measure that might mitigate the UK's current centrifugalism. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1844 |
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