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PRONUNCIATION OF BALKANIZE

Balkanize  [ˈbɔːlkəˌnaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BALKANIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Balkanize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb Balkanize in English.

WHAT DOES BALKANIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Balkanize

Balkanization

Balkanization, or Balkanisation, is a geopolitical term, originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with one another. It is considered pejorative.

Definition of Balkanize in the English dictionary

The definition of Balkanize in the dictionary is to divide into small warring states. Other definition of Balkanize is to divide into small factions.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BALKANIZE

PRESENT

Present
I balkanize
you balkanize
he/she/it balkanizes
we balkanize
you balkanize
they balkanize
Present continuous
I am balkanizing
you are balkanizing
he/she/it is balkanizing
we are balkanizing
you are balkanizing
they are balkanizing
Present perfect
I have balkanized
you have balkanized
he/she/it has balkanized
we have balkanized
you have balkanized
they have balkanized
Present perfect continuous
I have been balkanizing
you have been balkanizing
he/she/it has been balkanizing
we have been balkanizing
you have been balkanizing
they have been balkanizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I balkanized
you balkanized
he/she/it balkanized
we balkanized
you balkanized
they balkanized
Past continuous
I was balkanizing
you were balkanizing
he/she/it was balkanizing
we were balkanizing
you were balkanizing
they were balkanizing
Past perfect
I had balkanized
you had balkanized
he/she/it had balkanized
we had balkanized
you had balkanized
they had balkanized
Past perfect continuous
I had been balkanizing
you had been balkanizing
he/she/it had been balkanizing
we had been balkanizing
you had been balkanizing
they had been balkanizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will balkanize
you will balkanize
he/she/it will balkanize
we will balkanize
you will balkanize
they will balkanize
Future continuous
I will be balkanizing
you will be balkanizing
he/she/it will be balkanizing
we will be balkanizing
you will be balkanizing
they will be balkanizing
Future perfect
I will have balkanized
you will have balkanized
he/she/it will have balkanized
we will have balkanized
you will have balkanized
they will have balkanized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been balkanizing
you will have been balkanizing
he/she/it will have been balkanizing
we will have been balkanizing
you will have been balkanizing
they will have been balkanizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would Balkanize
you would Balkanize
he/she/it would Balkanize
we would Balkanize
you would Balkanize
they would Balkanize
Conditional continuous
I would be balkanizing
you would be balkanizing
he/she/it would be balkanizing
we would be balkanizing
you would be balkanizing
they would be balkanizing
Conditional perfect
I would have Balkanize
you would have Balkanize
he/she/it would have Balkanize
we would have Balkanize
you would have Balkanize
they would have Balkanize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been balkanizing
you would have been balkanizing
he/she/it would have been balkanizing
we would have been balkanizing
you would have been balkanizing
they would have been balkanizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you balkanize
we let´s balkanize
you balkanize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to balkanize
Past participle
balkanized
Present Participle
balkanizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BALKANIZE


Africanise
ˈæfrɪkəˌnaɪz
Africanize
ˈæfrɪkəˌnaɪz
Americanize
əˈmɛrɪkəˌnaɪz
cinchonise
ˈsɪŋkəˌnaɪz
cinchonize
ˈsɪŋkəˌnaɪz
Italianize
ɪˈtæljəˌnaɪz
mechanize
ˈmɛkəˌnaɪz
organize
ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz
preconise
ˈpriːkəˌnaɪz
preconize
ˈpriːkəˌnaɪz
republicanise
rɪˈpʌblɪkəˌnaɪz
republicanize
rɪˈpʌblɪkəˌnaɪz
revolutionize
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃəˌnaɪz
synchronize
ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz
unmechanise
ʌnˈmekəˌnaɪz
unmechanize
ʌnˈmɛkəˌnaɪz
volcanise
ˈvɒlkəˌnaɪz
volcanize
ˈvɒlkəˌnaɪz
vulcanise
ˈvʌlkəˌnaɪz
vulcanize
ˈvʌlkəˌnaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BALKANIZE

Balkan
Balkan Mountains
Balkan Peninsula
Balkan States
Balkanisation
Balkanise
Balkanised
Balkanization
Balkanized
Balkans
balker
Balkh
Balkhash
balkier
balkiest
balkily
balkiness
balkingly
Balkis

WORDS THAT END LIKE BALKANIZE

avianize
Christianize
dechristianize
dehumanize
disorganize
euthanize
galvanize
japanize
melanize
Mohammedanize
plebeianize
puritanize
recognize
reorganize
Romanize
Russianize
sectarianize
unchristianize
unhumanize
urbanize
womanize

Synonyms and antonyms of Balkanize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Balkanize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BALKANIZE

Find out the translation of Balkanize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Balkanize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Balkanize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

巴尔干化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

balcanizar
570 millions of speakers

English

Balkanize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Balkanize
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بلقنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Balkanize
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

balcanização
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কোন অঞ্চলকে ছোট ছোট শত্রুভাবাপন্ন রাষ্ট্রে বিভক্ত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

balkaniser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Balkanize
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

balkanisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Balkanize
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Balkanize
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Balkanize
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Balkanize
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துண்டாட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाल्क्यनॅझ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

balkanlaştırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

balcanizzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Balkanize
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Balkanize
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Balkanize
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Balkanize
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Balkanize
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

balkanisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Balkanize
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Balkanize

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BALKANIZE»

The term «Balkanize» is normally little used and occupies the 133.711 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BALKANIZE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Balkanize» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Balkanize» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Balkanize

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALKANIZE»

Discover the use of Balkanize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Balkanize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Don't Mourn, Balkanize!: Essays After Yugoslavia
Grubacic's remarkable collection of essays, commentaries and interviews, written between 2002 and 2010, chronicles the political experiences of the author himself, who is both a man without a country (as a Yugoslav) and a man without a ...
Andrej Grubacic, 2010
2
Balkan Currents: Studies in the History, Culture and Society ...
The papers collected in this volume, the result of an international symposium held at Loyola Marymount University, offer an attempt toward understanding old hatreds and divisions.
Lawrence A. Tritle, Basil P. Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies, 1998
3
The Employment and Manpower Act of 1972: Hearings, ...
Along that line, I would like to ask you about your suggestion that if you took the 50,000 population figure that is in the Daniels bill, it will tend to balkanize, while the 100,000 at least infers it would not. I hope you meant it won't balkanize as ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Select Subcommittee on Labor, 1972
4
Canadian Labour Relations Boards Reports
choice which I suggest the Board is under an obligation to make in the unique case of an application to balkanize an existing bargaining unit, is, as between the possible bargaining unit structures, the one which will best lead to "the attainment  ...
5
The Employment and Manpower Act of 1972: Hearings Before the ...
Along that line, I would like to ask you about your suggestion that f you took the 50,000 population figure that is in the Daniels bill, t will tend to balkanize, while the 100,000 at least infers it would lot. I hope you meant it won't balkanize as much ...
United States. Congress. House. Education and Labor, 1972
6
Hearings
Along that line, I would like to ask you about your suggestion that if you took the 50,000 population figure that is in the Daniels bill, it will tend to balkanize, while the 100,000 at least infers it would not. I hope you meant it won't balkanize as ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education, 1973
7
Names
Probably the earliest of these less transparent words is Balkanize “ to divide (a region) into a number of smaller and often mutually hostile units, as was done in the Balkan Peninsula in the late 19th and early 20th centuries" (A Supplement to  ...
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Link
BALKANIZE. NDIA. With Best Compliments From CABLES: "EVERGREEN" CHILAKALURIPET TELEX: 0471 285. ictivities began in India and precis- ;ly in those regions which had become an 'exciting' subject of research ,vork by American ...
9
From Majapahit and Sukuh to Megawati Sukarnoputri: ...
Megawati and her government either stop the infiltration of the country by militants who pursue interests of foreign powers, and strengthen the secular and pluralistic nature of the Indonesian state, or the country will fragment and Balkanize, like ...
Victor M. Fic, 2003
10
Nigeria: The Case for Peaceful and Friendly Dissolution
But the truth is that we cannot eat our cake and then have it!” “Our apparent revulsion to the appointments of our Middle Belt Christian brothers, especially to offices, helped to balkanize the north to the delight of our political adversaries. By this ...
Adedapo Adeniran, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BALKANIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Balkanize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Trudy Wade and her white whale (update)
But it also could Balkanize the city into a collection of special interests, not a unified whole, where cutting deals and making threats and horse ... «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»
2
Opinion: Tools of Uthman Dan Fodio's Estate (1)
Rather than be seen as a negative step, I consider this as a positive step towards the destiny of Nigeria to balkanize. It is a positive step towards ... «The News, Jul 15»
3
Balkanize - to break up into small mutually hostile political units
One of the strategies of Marxism is Balkanization of society. That strategy is being implemented in our country with a vengeance today. This is a ... «Beaufort Observer, Jun 15»
4
Meech Lake was sunk. Its ideas live on
... horse that would create two classes of citizens, allow Quebec to run roughshod over individual rights and further balkanize the country. «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
5
Blurred Lines
The version of millennial social justice advocacy that I have spoken about—one that uses Identity Politics to balkanize groups of people, ... «The Beacon, Jun 15»
6
Google's 'War On Apps' Is About Making Them Irrelevant
Apps tend to Balkanize the Internet, sacrificing browser universality for convenience, specialization and a slick UI. I have previously argued the ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
7
Mapping the Spread of U.S. Baby Names Over the Past 100 Years
So what is it about the 1970s that saw Americans start to balkanize by baby name? The study authors punt on the question, though they do ... «CityLab, Jun 15»
8
Western-Backed Terrorism in The Congo: Where Is General Laurent …
... occupy and balkanize the eastern Congo, and create a Rwandan-controlled Republic of the Volcanoes: Demobilization, Disarmament, and ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jun 15»
9
ICC fails to try real criminals: Analyst
This is a further effort, to further Balkanize the country by breaking off the western region of Darfur. MTM/KA. Log in to post a comment. Log in. «Press TV, Jun 15»
10
Only restructuring can solve Nigeria's problem –Opadokun
Why do you balkanize them just to punish them? The samething with the Ijaws. They are in Ondo, Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa States. So, those ... «Daily Sun, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Balkanize [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/balkanize>. May 2024 ».
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