centripetalismn.
/ˌsɛntrᵻˈpiːtəlɪz(ə)m/, /sɛnˈtrɪpᵻtəlɪz(ə)m/, /s(ə)nˈtrɪpᵻtəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /sɛnˈtrɪpədlˌɪz(ə)m/ Movement or tendency towards the centre; tendency to centralize; centralization. Cf. centripetency n.In later use esp. in political contexts.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards a centre
centripetency1709
centripetalism1820
centripetence1850
1820 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. 4640 It had not taken with it the antagonist of the Self-principle, or Centripetalism.
1887 Westm. Rev. June 409 The plague of centripetalism is a curse which has come to us [in New Zealand] across the seas from older countries.
1903 Christian Reg. (Boston) 16 July 827/2 It is a law of nature that centripetalism shall follow centrifugalism.
1978 Americas 34 435 The commercialization of agriculture, the rise of a wage laboring class, and increasing political centripetalism have all undermined the traditional peasant values.
2000 Times (Nexis) 19 July The evidence is that this centripetalism will spawn an ever fiercer bureaucracy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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