decentralization Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts
    decentalisation.
  2. noun the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments
    decentralisation.

WordNet

De*cen`tral*i*za"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized. "The decentralization of France." J. P. Peters.

Webster 1913