devolution — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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.

   Uso

   • spregiativo

   Sinonimi

   degradation

   Contrari

   evolutiondevelopment

   Esempi

   It is quite disheartening to witness the devolution of our nation's political discourse over the past several years.

   He is the place where the devolution from Heaven and the evolution from earth meet.

5. The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).

   Esempi

   The question of whether England should receive devolution like Scotland and Wales have has dogged British politics for years.

   Governments like devolution because it gives ministers someone else to blame for problems.

   Altri esempi (1)

   By the 1974 general election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were polling at 30% and there were growing calls for devolution.

Sostantivo

1. the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

   Sinonimi

   degeneration

   Contrari

   evolution

   Termini più generali

   processphysical process

2. the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government)

   Sinonimi

   devolvement

   Termini più generali

   delegatingdelegationrelegatingrelegationdeputation