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Cen"tral*ism (?), n.
1. The state or condition of being central;
the combination of several parts into one whole;
centralization.

2. The system by which power is
centralized, as in a government.

Cen*tral"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Centralities (&?;). The state of being
central; tendency towards a center.

Meantime there is a great centrality, a
centripetence equal to the centrifugence.

R. W. Emerson.

Cen`tral*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
centralisation.] 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.

Cen"tral*ize (?), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Centralized (?);
p. pr. & vb. n. Centralizing.] [Cf. F.
centraliser.] To draw or bring to a center point; to
gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under
one control.


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