Definition of Decentralise

1. Verb. Make less central. "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized"

Exact synonyms: Decentralize, Deconcentrate
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Federalise, Federalize
Derivative terms: Decentralisation, Decentralization, Decentralization
Antonyms: Centralise, Centralize, Concentrate

Definition of Decentralise

1. Verb. (British) To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points. ¹

2. Verb. To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decentralise

decennium
decenniums
decent
decentalisation
decenter
decentered
decentered lens
decentering
decenters
decentest
decentish
decently
decentness
decentralisation
decentralisations
decentralise
decentralised
decentralises
decentralising
decentralising(a)
decentralism
decentralist
decentralists
decentralization
decentralizations
decentralize
decentralized
decentralizes
decentralizing
decentralizing(a)

Literary usage of Decentralise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Changing Functions of Lower and Middle Management in France by Serge Alecian (1993)
"2.2 Causes of, and impediments to, the decentralisation of management tasks 2.2.1 Causes explaining the tendency to decentralise management tasks A group of ..."

2. Oecd Review of Agricultural Policies by OECD. (2006)
"Decentralise decision-making South Africa's experience with land redistribution since 1994 confirms the international lessons that underline the need to ..."

3. Transport and Decentralisation: Transport and Decentralisation by OECD/ECMT Transport Research Centre (2006)
"The greater the ability to charge for a service, the easier it is to decentralise it. Technicity refers to the degree of technical and managerial expertise ..."

4. The Land Question in South Africa: The Challenge of Transformation and by Lungisile Ntsebeza, Ruth Hall (2007)
"Resettlement models Decentralise DECISION-MAKING South Africa's experience with land redistribution since 1994 confirms the international lessons that ..."

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