Definition of Balkanize in English:

verb

• Divide (a region or body) into smaller mutually hostile states or groups.

  ‘ambitious neighbours would snatch pieces of territory, Balkanizing the country’

  ‘the balkanized world of the Senate Banking Committee’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Meanwhile this often Balkanised city has been united by the Lakers' triumph.’
  • ‘As rock 'n' roll gets more and more Balkanized over the years, fewer bands appeal widely across clubhouses.’
  • ‘Companies without a long tradition of commonization are Balkanized.’
  • ‘But they also Balkanised the research, dividing it up into many different journals, most of which charge for access.’
  • ‘As soon as people can vote, China will Balkanize and become many smaller countries.’
  • ‘Also, the complexity of the subject, involving such disparate matters as mechanics and neurobiology, has Balkanized it.’
  • ‘Each book, however, provides an antidote to the compartmentalized, Balkanized state of public discussion and academic research.’
  • ‘If the south does not catch up with the north, we run the risk of splitting the country, of a Balkanized Mexico.’
  • ‘Preferential agreements are creating ‘a series of islands or island economic units’ and there is a risk of ‘further Balkanising the global economy.’’
  • ‘Once we understand ‘the city’ as a whole city, then neighborhoods become neighborhoods, not Balkanized states.’
  • ‘They are increasingly Balkanised and revolve around personalities and ancient regional and union disputes rather than differences in philosophy.’
  • ‘Equipment providers will end their Balkanizing ways.’
  • ‘Chat-room frequenters have developed Balkanized languages that ‘employ a series of abbreviations salient to each particular area, ‘says Mr. Morrisette.’
  • ‘Our country is becoming more Balkanized around these issues and these products.’
  • ‘All this separation by age, gender, equipment, and location is Balkanizing the sport.’
  • ‘It is Balkanized along state laws that end up protecting the monopoly utilities.’
  • ‘It seems to me things have become more and more Balkanized.’
  • ‘As politicians and pundits howled, the criminal justice system was Balkanised and neglected.’
  • ‘The enemy thrives on that restraint, and there is no glory for a nation that gets Balkanized while on a diet of restraint.’
  • ‘It is also well to keep in mind that it is in the interest not only of Indonesia, but for the stability of the entire Asia-Pacific region to keep this country from becoming Balkanized.’