noun
1. the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts
• Syn: ↑decentalisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑decentralize
• Hypernyms: ↑social process
2. the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments
• Syn: ↑decentralisation
• Ant: ↑centralization
• Derivationally related forms: ↑decentralise (for: ↑decentralisation), ↑decentralize
Useful english dictionary. 2012.