planificationn.
/ˌplanᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌplænəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Originally U.S.
Systematic planning or organization; the management of resources according to a plan, esp. of economic or political development; an instance of this.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > according to a plan
planification1935
1935 V. Holland tr. H. Barbusse Stalin v. 140 Thus began the series of Five-Year Plans, themselves sections of larger plans. This gigantic process of ‘planification’, which casts its net over whole countries and for long periods, is entirely a Soviet conception.
1959 New Yorker 22 Aug. 72/2 The city..radiates a sense of ‘good government’,..through the planification of its surrounding hills and slopes, marked off by dark cypresses, measured by yellow villas.
1976 Maclean's 1 Nov. 14/1 His government of technocrats and bureaucrats..have been frustrated to the screaming point by their planifications.
1999 Gymnast Mar.–Apr. 15/1 The aim for this coach would be to organise the work of the coaches of the club (planification and programation) and prepare the better young gymnasts of the club for the Spanish Champs of mid-July 1999.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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