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DECENTRALISED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities
Example:
a decentralized school administration
Synonyms:
decentralised; decentralized
Classified under:
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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb decentralise
