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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Centralism

/sĕn'-trəl-ĭzˌ-əm/ · Cen·tral·ism · IPA /sˈɛntrəlˌɪzəm/
01 n. The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization.
  1. 1.
    The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization.
  2. 2.
    The system by which power is centralized, as in a government.