centralized state

collocation in English

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centralize
verb[T]
uk
/ˈsen.trə.laɪz/us
/ˈsen.trə.laɪz/
to remove authority in a system, company, country, etc. from local places to one central place so that the whole system, etc. is under ...
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state
noun
uk
/steɪt/us
/steɪt/
a condition or way of being that exists at a ...
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(Definition ofcentralizeandstatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Officers believed that a morecentralizedstatewas more effective in military and foreign policy terms.
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After decolonization the search for a balance between regional\\ethnic tendencies and increasinglycentralizedstatepolitics took on extremely violent proportions.
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The phalange would be an autonomous democracy and thecentralizedstatewould wither away as more phalanges were created.
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If the populism of his earlier labor radicalism was gone, his suspicion of capitalist power in alliance with acentralizedstateremained.
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They advocated the concept of an individual living in an abstract entity called 'society', the poles of which were mediated by acentralizedstate.
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The development of acentralizedstate, which usurped the powers of lineages and homesteads, had a profound effect upon the way some women related to the rest of society.
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Archaeological research has suggested that elite architecture transforms dramatically with the development ofcentralizedstateinstitutions.
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Primate cities are often found in the early development of acentralizedstate.
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It underlines the fact that rapid devolution of power in a previouslycentralizedstatecan lead to exclusion, conflict, and even authoritarianism at the local level.
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However, this early princedom was far from a consolidated,centralizedstate, and the various zhupans retained considerable independence.
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The lack of compulsory direct taxation power was objectionable to those wanting a strongcentralizedstateor expecting to benefit from such power.
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As technological innovation allowed government to expand, thecentralizedstategrew in size and importance.
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In succeeding years, supporters of acentralizedstatevied with those in favor of a loose federation and a strong role for tribally-based local kingdoms.
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Thecentralizedstateorganisation and isolates are essentials to the attributes of rules, courts and sanctions.
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Being a verycentralizedstate, it took till the 1990s to have the local administration given more focus.
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The national-liberal movement wanted to abolish absolutism, but retain a stronglycentralizedstate.
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The number of provinces was reduced, and their autonomy curtailed, resulting in a highlycentralizedstate.
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Some places have acentralizedstate-wide system while others have decentralized regional networks with different types of affiliations.
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Due to the diverse population and rural areas throughout the nation, it was nearly impossible to create a strongcentralizedstate; though it was eventually accomplished through political evolution.
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