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decentralization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /diːˌsɛntɹəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱen-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom Proto-Hellenic *kéntron Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)bor. Latin centrum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin centrālisbor. English central Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English centralize English decentralize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English decentralization From de- + centralization or decentralize + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of decentralizing
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being decentralized.
   • He saw no difficulty in arguing that on the one hand society would be linked by a unity of interests and aims and that production must therefore be centrally planned, while onon the other hand socialism implied the maximum degree of decentralization and federalism. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 282:

Forms

Antonyms

recentralization

Relateds

decentralize

Translations (32)

ms pengagihan (process of decentralizing) · pl decentralizacja (process of decentralizing) · es descentralización (process of decentralizing) · ca descentralització (process of decentralizing) · no desentralisering (process of decentralizing) · tr ademimerkeziyet (process of decentralizing) · ms penyahpusatan (process of decentralizing) · id desentralisasi (process of decentralizing) · az عدم مركزيت (process of decentralizing) · it decentramento (process of decentralizing) · ru децентрализа́ция (process of decentralizing) · ka დეცენტრალიზაცია (process of decentralizing) · sk decentralizácia (process of decentralizing) · ms pemencaran (process of decentralizing) · fr décentralisation (process of decentralizing) · el αποκέντρωση (process of decentralizing) · hu decentralizáció (process of decentralizing) · uk децентраліза́ція (process of decentralizing) · tr yerinden yönetim (process of decentralizing) · te వికేంద్రీకరణ (process of decentralizing) · fi hajauttaminen (process of decentralizing) · cs decentralizace (process of decentralizing) · gl descentralización (process of decentralizing) · de Dezentralisation (process of decentralizing) · it decentralizzazione (process of decentralizing) · pt descentralização (process of decentralizing) · nl decentralisatie (process of decentralizing) · sv decentralisering (process of decentralizing) · de Dezentralisierung (process of decentralizing) · nl decentralisering (process of decentralizing) · da decentralisering (process of decentralizing) · az mərkəzsizləşdirmə (process of decentralizing)