decentralises

Spreads power outward

Decentralises is the British spelling of decentralizes—to distribute power, authority, or functions away from a central location or governing body.

Governments decentralise when they shift responsibilities to regional or local authorities.

Organizations decentralise operations by spreading them across multiple sites.

The company decentralised its IT infrastructure to improve resilience.

restructuring

redistribute

Apportion anew among parties

break-up · regionalize · rebalance · reapportion · fragment · unbundle · spin-off · disaggregate · distribute

governance

devolution

Transferring power locally

delegation · self-governance · power-sharing · councils · jurisdictions · provinces · districts · townships · boroughs · wards

empowerment

grassroots

Common people as political base

enablement · enfranchisement · inclusivity · cooperative

systems

distributed

Divided and given out

federated · open-source · trustless · cryptocurrency · serverless · microservices · web3

autonomy

independence

Freedom from external control

freedom · liberty · self-management · self-direction · agency · noninterference · autarky

Opposites
distribution of power/authority

decentralisescentralises

Concentrates in one place

centralizes · consolidates · concentrates · consolidating · concentrating

Family

decentralised, decentralise, decentralising, decentralisation

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