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decentralize

[ dee-sen-truh-lahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing.

to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area:
to decentralize the national government.
to disperse (something) from an area of concentration:
to decentralize the nation's industry.

, de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing.

to undergo decentralization:
The city government is looking for ways to decentralize.

decentralize

/ diːˈsɛntrəˌlaɪz /

First recorded in 1850–55; de- + centralize

It is probable, therefore, that on the whole the effect of Socialism would be to decentralize rather than to centralize.

The partisans of State Rights, in their efforts to decentralize, would denationalize.

For once we have centralized our great rail transport plant, we shall at once begin to decentralize it.

Such action would further decentralize our credit structure.

The only way to engage the people in the task is to decentralize the government.

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