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Meaning of DECENTRALIZATION

Pronunciation:  dee`sentrulu'zeyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments
  2. [n]  the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts
 
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 Synonyms: decentalisation, decentralisation
 
 Antonyms: centralisation, centralization
 
 See Also: social process, spread, spreading

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\De*cen`tral*i*za"tion\, n.
The action of decentralizing, or the state of being
decentralized. ``The decentralization of France.'' --J. P.
Peters.
 

 

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