Balkanize
verb(British English also Balkanise)
(disapproving)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they Balkanize | |
he / she / it Balkanizes | |
past simple Balkanized | |
past participle Balkanized | |
-ing form Balkanizing |
- Balkanize something
to divide a region into smaller regions which are aggressive or unfriendly towards each other 使巴尔干化(将某地区分裂成敌对区域) - (figurative)
These competing political agendas are ready to balkanize public education. 这些相互竞争的政治议程已经准备好将公共教育巴尔干化。
Word Origin1920s: from Balkan Peninsula (where this was done in the late 19th and early 20th cent.) + -ize. - (figurative)