Recentralizations

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The act of consolidating previously dispersed entities into a central authority again
2. the process of restoring centralized control after a period of decentralization
3. a return to a system where power or organization is concentrated within a central entity once more

Etymology: "Recentralizations" is simply the plural of "recentralization," so it is the form of that noun referring to several such returns to central control. The noun is built from the prefix "re-," meaning "again," attached to "centralization," the process of gathering power or organization into one central body. Its parent verb, "recentralize," is formed the same way: "centralize" with "re-" added to mean centralizing once more. The pattern is a straightforward one. Once a language has a word for a state of affairs, English speakers readily add "re-" to describe its return after a period of dispersal. Governments, companies, and institutions that have been decentralized and then pulled back toward a single authority are the typical subjects of the term.