decentralizev.
/diːˈsɛntrəlʌɪz/ transitive. To undo the centralization of; to distribute administrative powers, etc., which have been concentrated in a single head or centre.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [verb (transitive)] > regionalize or decentralize
federalize1787
territorializea1834
decentralize1859
provincialize1885
regionalize1938
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [verb (transitive)] > make federal
federalize1787
decentralize1859
1859 J. Bright in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 155 816 What you want is to de-centralize your Government.
1875 C. Merivale Gen. Hist. Rome lxx. 575 During the last century the government of the empire had become completely decentralised.
Derivatives
deˈcentralized adj.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective]
disperse1393
distract1398
scattereda1425
skailed1488
dispersed1526
dissipate1606
dissipated1610
straggled1641
disjected1647
respersed1649
disparpled1652
disseminated1662
shattered1687
sundered1796
decentralized1851
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [adjective] > characterized by regionalism or decentralization
federalizing1800
decentralized1851
decentralizing1860
regionalistic1898
regionalized1923
1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 91 These unconcentrated, or rather de-centralized masses of stars.
deˈcentralizing adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [adjective] > characterized by regionalism or decentralization
federalizing1800
decentralized1851
decentralizing1860
regionalistic1898
regionalized1923
1860 Sat. Rev. 9 803/2 Decentralizing influences wax faint and few.
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