Usually means: Fragmentation into smaller, hostile units.
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  1. balkanization: Merriam-Webster
  2. Balkanization: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Balkanization: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Balkanization, balkanization: Wordnik
  5. Balkanization, balkanization: Wiktionary
  6. balkanization: Dictionary.com
  7. Balkanization: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Balkanization: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. balkanization: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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noun:  (historical, chiefly political science) The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.
noun:  (by extension, informal) Any disintegration or fragmentation process.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Balkanization [(historical, chiefly political science) The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.]

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