devolution
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8.3
- noun
- /ˌdɛvəˈluːʃən/
:
degradación
- Many people worry about the devolution of public services, fearing they are becoming less effective.
No, it's it's, that's, if anything that's devolution or evolution, That's, that's it's going down to as as a machine level.
- No, it's it's, that's, if anything that's devolution or evolution, That's, that's it's going down to as as a machine level.
Examples
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We've seen a lot of devolution lately.
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In this updated installment, we will examine six critical dynamics that will lead to the devolution of Peak Government.
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I was a little concerned the devolution had gone a bit too far at the beginning of this episode.
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I can only sketch the devolution of American higher education from community to competitive individualism, but the turning points are clear enough.
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But just what kind of response should a concerned citizen give to the apparent devolution of the Enlightenment?
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Devolution will lead to two choices: higher real estate taxes or deterioration of the local roads.
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I began this essay by pointing to the potential for the Enlightenment's devolution.
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Serious devolution, however, is fundamentally inconsistent with broad-based citizen suit enforcement.
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Together, these conditions render the delegated authority not a devolution of legislative power but instead part of the power constitutionally vested in the other branch.
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Plato illustrates the conflict in Book 8's description of the devolution of regimes.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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4.5
The gradual loss of strength or good condition over time
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5.9
A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse
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6.8
The process of making land, water, or buildings worse over time
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4.2
A slow loss of strength, value, or trust
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6.7
A group, system, or organization loses order and stops working well
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7.5
A process of becoming worse in condition, quality, or morals
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6.6
A slow decrease in size, strength, or number
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7.9
A decrease in size, amount, or importance
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6.7
A decrease in size, strength or importance
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3.9
A fall in how good something is over time
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5.2
A slow decrease in size, number, or strength
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8.4
A building or place that becomes run-down and damaged because people do not care for it
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9.0
A period when something slowly becomes worse
A slow change that makes something worse
A process that makes a person or thing less strong
The process of making something lose its life and energy, for example plants, tissues or companies
Antonyms
Compounds
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6.9
A central government gives power to local or regional governments to make local decisions
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
devolution = devolve (semi-transparent) = de + volut + ion
Nominalization of the verb 'devolve' (degenerate) produces this sense, but learners may not know the 'degenerate' sense of 'devolve', so predictability is limited.
Etymology
Devolution also uses de- 'down' and -volv- 'to roll', like in evolve. If something 'rolls down' it moves to a lower state, so devolution can mean a gradual decline from a higher to a less effective or weaker state.