Balkanization

Senso (Inglese)

1. (countable, historical, uncountable) The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.
2. (broadly, countable, informal, uncountable) Any disintegration or fragmentation process.

Concetti

balcanizzazione

sinonimi

Balkanisation

Balkanisation

Traduzioni

balkanisation

Balkanisierung

balcanització

balcanización

βαλκανοποίηση

balcanização

balkanisering

بَلْقَنَة

بلقن

Zerfall

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˌbɔːl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Balkan + -ization. The term is a reference to the conflicts that the Balkan peninsula experienced in the 20th century.