decentralization
1
6.7
- noun
- /ˌdiːˌsɛntrəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
descentralización
- The resulting restructuring of the nation's economic and political geography accelerated the population and economic decentralization that had begun after World War II (Berry and Dahmann 1977; Vance 1990; Meinig 2004).
- economic decentralization
- urban decentralization
I'm very bullish on the decentralization of Hollywood being the dominant play.
- I'm very bullish on the decentralization of Hollywood being the dominant play.
Examples
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Despite economic decentralization and pragmatism, China is in transition from a centrally planned to a market-based economy.
Academic text (2003) -
A wide range of government policies to encourage industrial decentralization have been introduced since 1960.
Academic text (1990) -
Do certain types of development patterns lead to more driving and more decentralization?
Academic text (2003) -
China's past economic success has been achieved by a decentralization strategy.
Academic text (1993) -
Hungary may benefit from its period of economic decentralization under the post-1956 communist regime.
Academic text (1990) -
Small and medium-sized cities have the potential to spearhead decentralization initiatives.
Blog text (1) -
As people fled the fighting in Mogadishu and other urban centers, one effect was the decentralization of these services to smaller towns and villages.
Academic text (2003) -
While the demographic growth of cities continues as a result of natural increase and in-migration, there is also a concurrent process of urban decentralization underway.
Academic text (2006) -
The stress on common socialist goals in urban policy should involve both a redistribution of goods and services to create egalitarian cities and a decentralization of urbanization to prevent primate-city dominance of the urban hierarchy and to promote regional, rather than specific urban, growth.
Academic text (1994) -
The decentralization of services has allowed rural towns to thrive as people move away from crowded cities.
Synonyms
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6.6
The growth of suburbs when people and businesses move there
Moving people and businesses out of a crowded city area so they spread out
Antonyms
- Specialized
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4.6
A change that makes a place more like a city with more people living and working there
How Centralized
115
3.5
- Specialized
11
4.6
- Specialized
1
6.7
17
5.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
decentralization = decentralize (transparent) = de + central + ize + ation
This is a standard noun formation from the verb 'decentralize' meaning the process of making something less centralized.
Etymology
Decentralization comes from de- meaning 'away from' and central meaning 'center'. It describes things spreading out from the city center into outer areas, which is why it means people and industry moving away from the main city.