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Definition of Decentralized
1. Adjective. Withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities. "A decentralized school administration"
Similar to: Localised, Localized, Redistributed, Suburbanised, Suburbanized
Antonyms: Centralized
Definition of Decentralized
1. Verb. (past of decentralize) ¹
2. Adjective. not centralized; having no center or several centers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decentralized
1. decentralize [v] - See also: decentralize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decentralized
Literary usage of Decentralized
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1864)
"Some bad Consequences resulting to the United States from the extremely decentralized
Administration. — Administrative Advantages of this Order of Things ..."
2. The Principles of the Administrative Law Governing the Relations of Public by Bruce Wyman (1903)
"Decentralized administration. In centralized administration things run all one way,
... Decentralized administration is an inversion of centralized ..."
3. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1911)
"CHAPTER 27 Decentralized BANKING SYSTEMS § 1. By far the largest and most important
example of a decentralized system of banking is found ..."
4. European Police Systems by Raymond Blaine Fosdick (1915)
"The centralized plan and the decentralized plan.— Centralization develops
specialized detectives.— Decentralization develops general detectives. ..."
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