decentralization : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: decentralization	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for decentralization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decentralization n the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts Synonym(s): decentralization, decentalisation the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments Synonym(s): decentralization, decentralisation Antonym(s): centralisation, centralization
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decentralization \Decen`traliza"tion\, n. The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized. [bd]The decentralization* of France.[b8] --J. P. Peters.