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subsidiarity

 noun
     
Related topics: Policies
sub‧sid‧i‧ar‧i‧ty [uncountable]
PPP a word meaning a political policy (1) in which power to make decisions, is given to a smaller group, used especially about the European Community giving power to its member countries
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