OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 17129

Balkanization

/ˌbɔːl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
balcanización
The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.
balcanización
Any disintegration or fragmentation process.
Issues that are already hotly contested become even more divisive in the context of social balkanization.
demographic balkanization