overcentralize

verb

over·​cen·​tral·​ize ˌō-vər-ˈsen-trə-ˌlīz 

overcentralized; overcentralizing

transitive + intransitive

: to centralize (something, such as power or authority) to an excessive degree

… any condition that tends to overcentralize political power is dangerous.

—John Francis Cronin

… a tendency of commanders to overcentralize authority and control, denying junior officers the opportunity to exercise independent command and judgment.

—Donald A. Carter

A third genre of complaints against the multinational corporation is that it overcentralizes management decisions in its head office.

—Neil H. Jacoby

… the current provincial trend to overcentralize public services, from the police and education to health care, in the name of short-term cost-cutting …

—Anthony Winson and Belinda Leach

overcentralization

ˌō-vər-ˌsen-trə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

noun

plural overcentralizations

the overcentralization of the government

overcentralized adjective

an overcentralized system

… the present overcentralized control of the police …

—John F. M. McDermott

Examples of overcentralize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Similarly, some leaders choose to overcentralize or even over-decentralize activities in more complex organizations, all with the same effect of slowing down data value realization. —Phil Le-Brun, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above