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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



... They held that the ultimate power of control should rest in the House of Commons as the representative of the people. The latter party sought the same process within the church. They held that it should be controlled by assemblages of the people, maintained that decentralization should take place and the constitution of the church be changed as well as its form of administration. It is easy to see that the leaders of either of these parties were also leaders of the other. A fourth party sought to repudiate the constitution, as radically wrong, and to build ...
— History of Human Society • Frank W. Blackmar



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



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