devolution
Meaning of devolution
noun
- A rolling down.
- A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
- The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
- Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
It is quite disheartening to witness the devolution of our nation's political discourse over the past several years.
- The transfer of some powers, and the delegation of some functions, from a central sovereign government to local government; eg. from Westminster to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly.
The question of whether England should receive devolution like Scotland and Wales have has dogged British politics for years.
Information about devolution
- It is a name.
- The plural form of devolution is: devolutions.
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Hyphenation of devolution
de-vo-lu-tion
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- devolution is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
devolution synonyms
Meaning degeneration:
Meaning devolvement:
Translation of devolution
- Spanish: descentralización
- Italian: devoluzione
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