DECENTRALISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decentralisation mean? 

• DECENTRALISATION (noun)
  The noun DECENTRALISATION has 1 sense:

1. the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments

  Familiarity information: DECENTRALISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECENTRALISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

decentralisation; decentralization

Hypernyms ("decentralisation" is a kind of...):

spread; spreading (act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time)

Derivation:

decentralise (make less central)