Over-centralization
[sen-truh-luh-zey-shuh n] /ˌsɛn trə ləˈzeɪ ʃən/
noun
1.
the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
2.
the concentration of administrative power in a central government, authority, etc.
3.
Chiefly Sociology.
n.
1801, especially of administrative power, originally with reference to Napoleonic France and on model of French centralisation. See centralize + -ation.
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