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Balkanization
Bal·kan·i·za·tion [ bàwlkəni záysh'n ] or bal·kan·i·za·tion [ bàwlkəni záysh'n ]


noun 
Definition:
 
division into hostile subgroups: division of an area, region, or group into smaller and often mutually hostile units
[Early 20th century. < the political fragmentation of the Balkan States between the Treaty of Berlin (1878) and the Balkan Wars (1912-1913)]

Bal·kan·ize transitive verb
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