1. Withdrawn from a centre or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities
   "a decentralized school administration"
   - decentralised [Brit]

1. Make less central
   "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized"
   - deconcentrate, decentralise [Brit]

See also: decentralization, localised [Brit], localized, redistributed, suburbanised [Brit], suburbanized

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: centralize, centralized

Encyclopedia: Decentralize

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