noun. The act of centralizing or bringing to one center: as, the centralization of commerce in a city; the centralization of control, as in stock companies.

noun. Specifically In politics, the concentration of administrative power in the central government at the expense of local self-government.

noun. The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole.

noun. The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.

noun. the act of consolidating power under a central control

noun. gathering to a center

"Chretien gave his ministers a lot more leeway, so this centralization is not some immutable law, it is a matter of preference of the party in charge and the PM."

consolidation  gather  gathering  integration  

Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  

amalgamation  autonomy  centralisation  cohesion  coördination