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decentralisation

decentralisation is the alternative spelling of decentralization.

Meaning of decentralization

Noun

decentralization (countable and uncountable, plural decentralizations)

  1. The process of decentralizing
  2. 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...

Forms of decentralisation

pluraldecentralisations
alternative formdecentralization

Origin of decentralisation

From French décentralisation, decentralise + -ation or de- + centralisation.

Questions about decentralisation

What is decentralisation the alternative spelling of?
Decentralisation is the alternative spelling of decentralization.

Words near decentralisation in the dictionary

  1. decentish
  2. decently
  3. decentness
  4. decentral
  5. decentral planning
  6. decentralisation
  7. decentralisationist
  8. decentralisationists
  9. decentralisations
  10. decentralise
  11. decentralised

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