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subsidiarity

sub·sid·i·ar·i·ty [ səb sìddee árrətee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. assignment of power to small units: the principle that political power should be exercised by the smallest or least central unit of government

2. quality of being subsidiary: the fact or quality of being subsidiary

[Mid-20th century. Translation of German Subsidiarität]
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