Decentre

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /diːˈsÉ›ntÉ™(ɹ)/

Origin

From - + centre.

Full definition of decentre

Verb

1. To remove the centre from.
2. (optics) To place away from the centre; to make eccentric.
3. To displace from the centre.
• 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin 2008, p. 14:The Saidian critique was part of a great sea change, a conscious attempt to ‘decentre’ Europe or even to ‘provincialize’ it.

Anagrams

• centered, decenter