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As a verb, decentralize means cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.
Meanings of decentralize
3 meaningsverb
To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.
To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies.
Make less central
“After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized”
Similar: deconcentrate, decentralise
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
verb: make less central
deconcentratedecentralise
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