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balkanize

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Main Entry: bal·kan·ize
Pronunciation: \ˈbȯl-kə-ˌnīz\
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): bal·kan·ized; bal·kan·iz·ing
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Balkan Peninsula
Date: 1919

1 : to break up (as a region or group) into smaller and often hostile units
2 : divide, compartmentalize <now pop culture has been balkanized; it is full of niches, with different groups watching and playing their own things — Richard Corliss>

— bal·kan·i·za·tion \ˌbȯl-kə-nə-ˈzā-shən\ noun often capitalized


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