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Definition of Deconcentrate
1. Verb. Make less central. "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Federalise, Federalize
Derivative terms: Decentralisation, Decentralization, Decentralization
Antonyms: Centralise, Centralize, Concentrate
Definition of Deconcentrate
1. v. t. To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.
Definition of Deconcentrate
1. [v -TRATED, -TRATING, -TRATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deconcentrate
Literary usage of Deconcentrate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Political Science Review (1922)
"He would decentralize and deconcentrate administration, using his secondary bodies
as depositories of administrative power. Necessarily they would have to ..."
2. Making Markets: Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Post by Shafiqul Islam, Michael Mandelbaum (1993)
"... Promote the establishment and growth of private business • deconcentrate
production and distribution • Restructure loan portfolios and recapitalize the ..."
3. Modern French Legal Philosophy by Alfred Fouillée (1916)
"... in limits and so possible sources of conflict, deconcentrate certain conflicts,
chase away certain contradictions which nevertheless subsist. ..."
4. France by OECD Staff (1997)
"French local authorities will be assisting their partners in developing countries
in their efforts to "deconcentrate". In so doing, they will be helping to ..."
5. Regulatory Reform in the United States by Scott H. Jacobs (1999)
"1n California, the divestiture of generating capacity, mentioned above, was to
multiple owners, in order to deconcentrate generation ..."
6. Merging the Deposit Insurance Funds: Hearing Before the Committee on Banking edited by Marge Roukema (2001)
"And the SAIF is now large enough that a merger would deconcentrate the combined
fund substantially. 1 All data, unless otherwise noted, are from September ..."
7. The City: Urban Communities and Their Problems by Alan S. Berger (1978)
"The city could deconcentrate, and manufacturing plants could be scattered over
a relatively wide area and still have access to economical electric power. ..."
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