Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balkanized

/bˈɔlkənˌaɪzd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: balka-nized
IPA: /bˈɔlkənˌaɪzd/

26

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of balkanize

adj

Fractured, divided.

verb

simple past and past participle of Balkanize

Example Sentences

"What was once always on the brink of something bigger has become Balkanized, and the process of genre subdivision has hidden away bands in ever tinier and more obscure pigeonholes, affecting even the best and most widely known among them."
"I often think about this whenever I’m in the hyperpartisan, Balkanised world of social media full as it is of people calling Tories scum (and worse) and collecting a bountiful harvest of retweets and likes on the back of it."

Inflected Forms

more Balkanized (comparative) most Balkanized (superlative) Balkanised (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce balkanized?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈɔlkənˌaɪzd/.
What does balkanized mean?: simple past and past participle of balkanize

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