Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized; specifically, in politics, the act or principle of removing local or special functions of government from the immediate direction or control of the central authority: opposed to centralization.
Wiktionary
- n. The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized.
- n. the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts
- n. the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments
Examples
“Further, in the comments: the point of decentralization is not to encourage fragmentation and isolation, but to allow people to collaborate without needing permission from a middleman.”
“At least Google was smart enough when they launched Wave to build in true decentralization from the start, and to choose a patent license for the Wave protocol that demonstrated that their desire was not to own the network, but to compete on it.”
“Forbes: Another example, perhaps of decentralization, is Australia.”
“Thus, you are saying decentralization is the same as sprawl.”
“I want it to work because federalist decentralization is so elegant and pluralistic, almost Solomonic in its sensibility.”
“Some money would still have to go to the central government to pay for national defense, government salaries, and other indivisible functions, but this will cost a lot less if decentralization is pursued.”
“We believe in decentralization, power at the edge.”
“For one of the assumptions of decentralization is that the closer that decision-making is to the grass roots the more valid it will be.”
“The question which often comes to mind when decentralization is mentioned is the problem of transfer of children moving from Province to Province.”
Education: A Canadian Priority and A Provincial Responsibility
“The first era is characterized by "decentralization" and runs from 1988 to 1995 when Argie Johnson was superintendent.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘decentralization’.
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Computers, Internet, and Technology
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