demographic balkanization
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Balkanization
//ˌbɑl.kən.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "balkanization" (3 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- بَلْقَنَة noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Belarusian
1 entries- балканіза́цыя noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Bulgarian
2 entries- балканиза́ция noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- балканиза́ция noun (any disintegration process)
Catalan
2 entries- balcanització noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- balcanització noun (any disintegration process)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 巴爾幹化 /巴尔干化 noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- 巴爾幹化 /巴尔干化 noun (any disintegration process)
Czech
1 entries- balkanizace noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Finnish
2 entries- balkanisaatio noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- balkanisaatio noun (any disintegration process)
French
2 entries- balkanisation noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- balkanisation noun (any disintegration process)
Galician
2 entries- balcanización noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- balcanización noun (any disintegration process)
Georgian
2 entries- ბალკანიზაცია noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- ბალკანიზაცია noun (any disintegration process)
German
2 entries- Balkanisierung noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- Zerfall noun (any disintegration process)
Greek
1 entries- βαλκανοποίηση noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Hungarian
1 entries- balkanizáció noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Indonesian
1 entries- balkanisasi noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Italian
1 entries- balcanizzazione noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Japanese
2 entries- バルカニゼーション noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- バルカン化 noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Korean
1 entries- 발칸화 noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Macedonian
1 entries- балканизација noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Malay
1 entries- balkanisasi noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Norwegian
1 entries- balkanisering noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Polish
1 entries- bałkanizacja noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Portuguese
2 entries- balcanização noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- balcanização noun (any disintegration process)
Romanian
1 entries- balcanizare noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Russian
2 entries- балканиза́ция noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- балканиза́ция noun (any disintegration process)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- balkanizacija noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- балканизација noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Slovak
1 entries- balkanizácia noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Slovene
1 entries- balkanizacija noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Spanish
2 entries- balcanización noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
- balcanización noun (any disintegration process)
Swedish
1 entries- balkanisering noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Tagalog
1 entries- balkanisasyon noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Turkish
1 entries- Balkanlaşma noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Ukrainian
1 entries- балканіза́ція noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Balkan hóa noun (fragmentation of a region into several small states)
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Issues that are already hotly contested become even more divisive in the context of social balkanization.
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In other words, will the biometric future feature biometric centralization whereby one biometric would dominate multiple applications, or will we see biometric balkanization where multiple biometrics are used for multiple applications?
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TV is the mass medium now, and balkanization has hit the newspaper industry.
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