decentralize
decentralize Lexical Profile
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• verb
To transfer authority, control, or administrative functions from a single central governing body or headquarters to multiple local or regional branches.
"The national government voted to decentralize the education system so local districts could design their own curricula."
To distribute population, industry, data, or computing operations away from a single dense hub across multiple independent locations or nodes.
"Engineers use peer-to-peer networks to decentralize data storage and prevent single points of failure."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-19th century from French 'décentraliser', formed from 'dé-' (expressing reversal) and 'centraliser' (to centralize), originally used to describe the redistribution of French state administrative power to local provinces.