power consolidation
Gathering all control
Power consolidation is the process of gathering authority or control into fewer hands.
A leader consolidates power by eliminating rivals, centralizing decision-making, or weakening institutions that might check their influence: The coup was followed by rapid power consolidation.
The term often carries negative connotations, suggesting movement away from distributed governance toward autocracy.
- centralizationUnifying control in one place
- monopolyOne seller, no substitutes
- hostile takeoverUnwanted corporate buyout attempt
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- mergersCorporate consolidations
autocracy · acquisitions · coup d'état · palace coup · hegemony · junta · market dominance · purge · statecraft · dictatorship · annexation · strongman · vertical integration · despotism · financial control · propaganda · censorship · organizational hierarchy
- central powercentral authority, central government, centralized control, supreme authority, central command
- authoritarianismautocracy, absolutism, despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism
- business consolidationmerger, mergers, acquisition, acquisitions, takeover
- Royal Marriagesroyal marriage, royal wedding, dynastic marriage, diplomatic marriage, arranged marriage
power consolidationpower distribution
Electrical supply network
decentralization · delegation · power sharing · devolution · federalism
power consolidationfragmentation
Breaking into smaller pieces
decentralization · balkanization · power vacuum · disintegration · anarchy