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DECENTRALISED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decentralised mean?
• DECENTRALISED (adjective)
The adjective DECENTRALISED has 1 sense:
1. withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities
Familiarity information: DECENTRALISED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities
Synonyms:
decentralised; decentralized
Context example:
a decentralized school administration
Similar:
localised; localized (made local or oriented locally)
redistributed (having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas)
suburbanised; suburbanized (surrounded by many suburbs)
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