Balkanisation

  1. Proper noun.  A geopolitical term to describe the fragmentation of a region into several small states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other.
  2. Proper noun.  (informal) Any disintegration process, such as that of the Internet being divided into separate enclaves.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.