decenter
verb
de·cen·ter (ˌ)dē-ˈsen-tər 
-ˈse-nər
decentered; decentering; decenters
: to cause to lose or shift from an established center or focus
especially : to disconnect from practical or theoretical assumptions of origin, priority, or essence
… decenter Western conceptions of history … —
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To design better technology, then, is to decenter it. —Rida Qadri, Wired, 20 Feb. 2022 Clearly the effort to decenter white men hasn’t gone great. —Helen Shaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2021 Season 2 will decenter Darby and focus instead on William Jackson Harper's character Marcus Watkins, according to Deadline. —Iris Goldsztajn, Marie Claire, 25 Oct. 2021 To lean back and push forward is to decenter yourself and to center the marginalized. —Ashlee Fowlkes, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021 The point is to decenter and recontextualize yourself. —New York Times, 1 June 2021 But more quietly and more innovatively, the show began to decenter its composition, to drift away from BoJack and imagine in greater detail the lives of those around him: Diane, Todd, and Princess Carolyn. —Adam Thirlwell, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2020
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Rida Qadri, Wired, 20 Feb. 2022 Clearly the effort to decenter white men hasn’t gone great. —Helen Shaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2021 Season 2 will decenter Darby and focus instead on William Jackson Harper's character Marcus Watkins, according to Deadline. —Iris Goldsztajn, Marie Claire, 25 Oct. 2021 To lean back and push forward is to decenter yourself and to center the marginalized. —Ashlee Fowlkes, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021 The point is to decenter and recontextualize yourself. —New York Times, 1 June 2021 But more quietly and more innovatively, the show began to decenter its composition, to drift away from BoJack and imagine in greater detail the lives of those around him: Diane, Todd, and Princess Carolyn. —Adam Thirlwell, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2020
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“Decenter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/decenter. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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