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deconcentration

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de⋅con⋅cen⋅trate

  [dee-kon-suhn-treyt]
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–verb (used with object), -trat⋅ed, -trat⋅ing.
to reduce the power or control of (a corporation, industry, etc.); decentralize.
Origin:
1885–90; de- + concentrate

Related forms:
de⋅con⋅cen⋅tra⋅tion, noun
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de·con·cen·trate   (dē-kŏn'sən-trāt')   
tr.v.   de·con·cen·trat·ed, de·con·cen·trat·ing, de·con·cen·trates
To decentralize.
de'con·cen·tra'tion n.
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