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decentralization

process of redistributing or dispersing functions, powers, people or things away from a central location or authority
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decentralization

Summary

decentralization is a field of study[1]. decentralization ranks in the top 9% of field_of_study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (491 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • decentralization's instance of is recorded as field of study[3].
  • decentralization's instance of is recorded as field of study[4].
  • decentralization's instance of is recorded as political ideology[5].
  • decentralization is a type of process[6].
  • decentralization's Commons category is recorded as Decentralization[7].
  • decentralization is the opposite of centralisation[8].
  • decentralization's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Decentralization[9].
  • decentralization's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • decentralization's different from is recorded as deconcentration[11].
  • decentralization's different from is recorded as Q111674943[12].
  • decentralization's ACM Classification Code is recorded as 10003508[13].
  • decentralization's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].
  • decentralization's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/decentralization[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include field of study[3] and political ideology[5]. decentralization is a type of process[6]. decentralization is the opposite of centralisation[8].

Why It Matters

decentralization ranks in the top 9% of field_of_study entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (491 views/month).[2] decentralization has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] decentralization is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . thenextweb.com. thenextweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → centralisation
    Subclass of → process
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → field of study, field of study, political ideology
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6739, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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