devolution

Meaning of devolution

noun
  1. A rolling down.
  2. A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
  3. The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
  4. Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
    It is quite disheartening to witness the devolution of our nation's political discourse over the past several years.
  5. 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:

degeneration

Meaning devolvement:

devolvement

Translation of devolution

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