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Balkanization

Balkanization meaning

The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other. | Any disintegration or fragmentation process.

Example sentences (2)

I think of the 1924 act as an effort to end that process of balkanization.

After the dissolution of Yugoslavia beginning in June 1991, the term "Balkans" again received a negative meaning, especially in Croatia and Slovenia, even in casual usage (see Balkanization ).