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DECENTRALIZED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decentralized mean?
• DECENTRALIZED (adjective)
The adjective DECENTRALIZED has 1 sense:
1. withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities
Familiarity information: DECENTRALIZED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities
Synonyms:
decentralised; decentralized
Context example:
a decentralized school administration
Similar:
localised; localized (made local or oriented locally)
redistributed (having population and industries relocated from urban to outlying areas)
suburbanised; suburbanized (surrounded by many suburbs)
Antonym:
centralized (drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority)
Context examples
A worldwide, decentralized network of computer networks connecting individuals and organizations to information and electronic mail services.
(Internet, NCI Thesaurus)
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