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单词 centralism
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Definition of centralism in English:

centralism

noun ˈsɛntr(ə)lɪz(ə)mˈsɛntrəˌlɪzəm
mass noun
  • The control of different activities and organizations under a single authority.

    the campaign against perceived European centralism
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Instead, the ideologues of centralism are always trying to make local government independent of the state governments, the better to trample on regional differences.
    • Welsh Labour's unrepentant style of authoritarian centralism is less a question of economic policy than of political process.
    • The challenge is to sustain democracy against centralism and all kinds of greed.
    • In France, faced with the tradition of (so-called) Jacobin centralism and with strong assimilationist tendencies, there is a long way to go.
    • This, evidently, was a variation on the theme of democratic centralism, but seemed to acknowledge that more democracy and less centralism might be an improvement.
    • Consider that seminal and catastrophic event that inaugurated the era of mass politics, bureaucratic centralism, and the ideological state - the French Revolution.
    • ‘Real evidence is growing that some of New Labour's trademark centralism is being replaced by a more open, more honest and more grown-up approach to politics’.
    • It was this utter commitment to the film school and the film industry that cemented my loyalty to him even when, like so many of his supporters, I was shaken by his other policies, especially his centralism.
    • The conservatives staunchly supported it and espoused centralism versus federalism.
    • Aggrieved at this, and at the threat of army centralism, the Scots reversed into a clumsy alliance with the king in December 1647.
    • Not all departures from the expectations of the founders of our Federation have been in the direction of centralism.
    • They were opposed by a Conservative party, which supported royal absolutism and bureaucratic centralism.
    • But unity is different from uniformity and to have a central voice and central authority is different from centralism.
    • That means healthy scepticism about undemocratic centralism in Europe but, just as importantly, equal scepticism about American actions, interests and motives.
    • There is still too much centralism - all roads do indeed lead to Brussels - and wastage and inefficiency have not been removed from the administrative systems.
    • At this stage, the emphasis in any national or international organisation has to be on democracy and openness rather than on top-down centralism.
    • It would be very foolish of those who control the painting, no matter how fragile its state, to allow it to become a symbol of Spanish centralism.
    • Ultimately, this new centralism strengthened the authority of the Church, while the revival of popular forms of religious practice (such as the veneration of saints) further increased its appeal.
    • Despite all this it has long been the belief of EU apologists in Britain that if only we engaged ‘at the centre of Europe’ we would ‘win the argument’ and slow the drive to ever closer union and ever greater centralism.

Derivatives

  • centralist

  • noun ˈsɛntrəlɪstˈsɛntrələst
    • A person who advocates the control of different activities and organizations under a single authority.

      a centralist who believes that there is no area of life the government cannot regulate
      Example sentencesExamples
      • political struggles between centralists and federalists
      • In 1966 he toppled Rankovi, the leading Serbian Communist and centralist, and permitted the transfer of significant powers to the republics and autonomous provinces.
      • However, the junta's advocacy of a centralist rather than federal government, one based on a constitutional monarchy, led to its downfall in late 1812.
      • Serbians conceived of the country as a Greater Serbia with a centralist government, while Federalist Croatians and Slovenians demanded that each republic have a strong voice in the government.
 
 

Definition of centralism in US English:

centralism

nounˈsentrəˌlizəmˈsɛntrəˌlɪzəm
  • The control of different activities and organizations under a single authority.

    the campaign against perceived European centralism
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Aggrieved at this, and at the threat of army centralism, the Scots reversed into a clumsy alliance with the king in December 1647.
    • In France, faced with the tradition of (so-called) Jacobin centralism and with strong assimilationist tendencies, there is a long way to go.
    • ‘Real evidence is growing that some of New Labour's trademark centralism is being replaced by a more open, more honest and more grown-up approach to politics’.
    • This, evidently, was a variation on the theme of democratic centralism, but seemed to acknowledge that more democracy and less centralism might be an improvement.
    • Despite all this it has long been the belief of EU apologists in Britain that if only we engaged ‘at the centre of Europe’ we would ‘win the argument’ and slow the drive to ever closer union and ever greater centralism.
    • At this stage, the emphasis in any national or international organisation has to be on democracy and openness rather than on top-down centralism.
    • It would be very foolish of those who control the painting, no matter how fragile its state, to allow it to become a symbol of Spanish centralism.
    • Consider that seminal and catastrophic event that inaugurated the era of mass politics, bureaucratic centralism, and the ideological state - the French Revolution.
    • Welsh Labour's unrepentant style of authoritarian centralism is less a question of economic policy than of political process.
    • The challenge is to sustain democracy against centralism and all kinds of greed.
    • It was this utter commitment to the film school and the film industry that cemented my loyalty to him even when, like so many of his supporters, I was shaken by his other policies, especially his centralism.
    • Ultimately, this new centralism strengthened the authority of the Church, while the revival of popular forms of religious practice (such as the veneration of saints) further increased its appeal.
    • The conservatives staunchly supported it and espoused centralism versus federalism.
    • Instead, the ideologues of centralism are always trying to make local government independent of the state governments, the better to trample on regional differences.
    • That means healthy scepticism about undemocratic centralism in Europe but, just as importantly, equal scepticism about American actions, interests and motives.
    • There is still too much centralism - all roads do indeed lead to Brussels - and wastage and inefficiency have not been removed from the administrative systems.
    • They were opposed by a Conservative party, which supported royal absolutism and bureaucratic centralism.
    • Not all departures from the expectations of the founders of our Federation have been in the direction of centralism.
    • But unity is different from uniformity and to have a central voice and central authority is different from centralism.
 
 
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