decentralisation
See also: décentralisation
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French décentralisation, decentralise + -ation or de- + centralisation.
Noun
decentralisation (countable and uncountable, plural decentralisations)
- (British spelling) Alternative spelling of decentralization.
- 1958 January, 'Borderer', “Ten Years of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 15:
- Decentralisation of the railways was provided for by the establishment of Area Boards for each Region, which began to function on January 1, 1955, and by the extended delegation of powers to the Boards and their General Managers; […] .