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Antonyms for centralized

Grammar : Verb
Spell : sen-truh-lahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛn trəˌlaɪz

Definition of centralized

Origin :
  • 1795, "to bring to a center;" 1800, "come to a center," from central + -ize, on model of French centraliser (1790). A word from the French Revolution. Related: Centralized; centralizing.
  • Government should have a central point throughout its whole periphery. The state of the monthly expences amounted to four hundred millions; but within these seven months, it is reduced to one hundred and eighty millions. Such is the effect of the centralization of government; and the more we centralize it, the more we shall find our expenses decrease. [Saint-Just, "Discourse on the State of the Finances"]
  • verb concentrate, draw toward a point
Example sentences :
  • He doubted that it was workable because it centralized power in Washington.
  • Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
  • Before 1898 the administration of justice was not centralized.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 » by Various
  • And yet the Democrats tell me that it is dangerous to have centralized power.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 9 (of 12) » by Robert G. Ingersoll
  • The Parti Ouvrier adopted a centralized form of organization.
  • Extract from : « Syndicalism in France » by Louis Levine
  • The Scriptural authority for dress is centralized by Proverbs xxxi.
  • Extract from : « Arrows of the Chace, v. 2 » by John Ruskin
  • These parts were closely related to each other in a centralized system.
  • Extract from : « The I.W.W. » by Paul Frederick Brissenden
  • When business was centralized, labor was centralized and began to organize.
  • Extract from : « The Affable Stranger » by Peter McArthur
  • In these the power was centralized in one supreme government.
  • Extract from : « The Affable Stranger » by Peter McArthur
  • Now the nation was compact and had a centralized government.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Washington » by Amanda M. Douglas
  • Within the party, political power was centralized in a small group of men who occupied the leading party and government offices.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Romania » by Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

Synonyms for centralized

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