ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷nə̇ˈzāshən, -ˌnīˈz- noun
( -s )
Usage: often capitalized
: the process of balkanizing : the state of being balkanized
regretted the balkanization of South Africa and were anxious for some form of federation — Leo Marquard
perpetuate the balkanization of the Christian Commonwealth by validating the concept of separate sovereignties — E.A.Walsh