(transitive) To break up into small, mutually hostile units, especially on a political basis.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of balkanize

simple past tense and past participle of balkanize

plural of balkanizer

One who Balkanizes.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Balkanize

simple past tense and past participle of Balkanize

Alternative letter-case form of Balkanize

A geographical region in southeastern Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey.

(historical, chiefly political science) The fragmentation of a geopolitical region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.