Associations to the word «Decentralization»

Wiktionary

DECENTRALIZATION, noun. The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized.

Dictionary definition

DECENTRALIZATION, noun. The social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts.
DECENTRALIZATION, noun. The spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky