Usually means: Advocate for transferring power locally.
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  1. devolutionist: Merriam-Webster
  2. devolutionist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. devolutionist: Collins English Dictionary
  4. devolutionist: Wordnik
  5. devolutionist: Wiktionary
  6. devolutionist: Dictionary.com
  7. devolutionist: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. devolutionist: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. devolutionist: Legal dictionary

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  1. devolutionist: Encyclopedia

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▸ noun:  A proponent of devolution.
▸ adjective:  Supporting or relating to a policy of devolution.

Similar:
decentralizationist, decentralist, decentraliser, developmentalist, decentralisationist, derivationist, decentralism, deconstructivist, deistic evolutionist, decisionist, more...

Opposite:
evolutionist, progressivist, modernist

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Similar:
decentralizationist, decentralist, decentraliser, developmentalist, decentralisationist, derivationist, decentralism, deconstructivist, deistic evolutionist, decisionist, more...

Opposite:
evolutionist, progressivist, modernist



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