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Decentralization   /dɪsˌɛntrəlɪzˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Decentralization

noun
1.
The social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts.  Synonym: decentalisation.
2.
The spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments.  Synonym: decentralisation.





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"Decentralization" Quotes from Famous Books



... deprived of some of its power and the right which it had to extend the school term and to levy money for new buildings was vested in the voters of the district. The new State constitution sanctioned tendency toward decentralization by providing[83] that the right of the people to local self-government should ...
— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 • Various


Words linked to "Decentralization" :   centralization, spread, social process, spreading, decentralize


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