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devolution
Overview of noun devolution
The noun devolution has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. degeneration, devolution -- (the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality)
2. devolution, devolvement -- (the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government))
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun devolution
2 senses of devolution
Sense 1
degeneration, devolution
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
devolution, devolvement
=> delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation
=> authorization, authorisation, empowerment
=> management, direction
=> social control
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun devolution
1 of 2 senses of devolution
Sense 1
degeneration, devolution
=> attack
=> macular degeneration
=> obsolescence
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun devolution
2 senses of devolution
Sense 1
degeneration, devolution
=> process, physical process
Sense 2
devolution, devolvement
=> delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation
Antonyms of noun devolution
1 of 2 senses of devolution
Sense 1
degeneration, devolution
Antonym of evolution (Sense 1)
=>development, evolution
Member Holonyms of noun devolution
Substance Holonyms of noun devolution
Part Holonyms of noun devolution
Member Meronyms of noun devolution
Substance Meronyms of noun devolution
Part Meronyms of noun devolution
Meronyms of noun devolution
Holonyms of noun devolution
Attributes of noun devolution
Derived Forms of noun devolution
1 of 2 senses of devolution
Sense 2
devolution, devolvement
RELATED TO>(verb) devolve#1
=> devolve
Domain of noun devolution
1 of 2 senses of devolution
Sense 2
devolution, devolvement
TOPIC>(noun) government#3, governing#1, governance#2, government activity#1
Domain Terms of noun devolution
Familiarity of noun devolution
devolution used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun devolution
2 senses of devolution
Sense 1
degeneration, devolution
> process, physical process
=> phenomenon
=> chelation
=> dealignment
=> decrease, decrement
=> degeneration, devolution
=> development, evolution
=> economic process
=> encapsulation
=> execution, instruction execution
=> human process
=> increase, increment, growth
=> industrial process
=> irreversible process
=> iteration, looping
=> iteration, loop
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> operation, functioning, performance
=> organic process, biological process
=> photography
=> processing
=> reversible process
=> sensitization, sensitisation
=> shaping, defining
=> variation
Sense 2
devolution, devolvement
> delegating, delegation, relegating, relegation, deputation
=> devolution, devolvement
Meronyms of noun devolution
2 senses of devolution
Holonyms of noun devolution
Grep of noun devolution
devolution
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