decentralization
1. the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts • Syn: decentalisation • Derivationally related forms: decentralize • Hypernyms: social process 2. the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments • Syn: decentralisation • Ant: centralization • Derivationally related forms: decentralise (for: decentralisation), decentralize • Hypernyms: spread, spreading
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