devolusi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch devolutie (“devolution”), from Middle French dévolution, from Medieval Latin devolutio, devolutionis, from Latin devolvo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.vo.ˈlu.si/
  • Rhymes: -si
  • Hyphenation: de‧vo‧lu‧si

Noun

devolusi (plural devolusi-devolusi)

  1. devolution:
    1. degeneration
    2. (biology) the notion that species can revert to supposedly more primitive forms over time
    3. (government) 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)

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