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noun
The principle that initiative (whether in government, business or religion) ought to reside at the lowest feasible level (i.e. at the local or regional level, instead of the national or supranational level, unless the latter presents clear advantages).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
secondary importance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: subordinateness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inferiority, lower status, lower rank
Narrower terms: handmaid, handmaiden, servant, junior status, subservience, subservientness
History
From Latin subsidiarius. By surface analysis, subsidiary + -ity.
Across languages
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