Meaning & use
Centralist
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A person who advocates centralism, the concentration of political power or administrative control in a central authority.
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The centralists pushed for a strong national government over regional autonomy.
As a centralist, she opposed giving provinces greater control over taxation.
A note on using this word
Often contrasted with "federalist" in debates about how political power should be distributed between national and regional governments.
Words with a similar meaning
unitarist
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Words with an opposite meaning
federalistdecentralist
Another way to use it
2. adjective
Favoring or relating to centralism.
The party took a centralist stance on economic policy.
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