decentre

Meanings

verbdecentre (third-person singular simple present decentres, present participle decentring, simple past and past participle decentred)

present singular third person decentres · participle present decentring · participle past decentred · past decentred · alternative decenter

transitiveTo remove the centre from.
to decentre the tyres from some model vehicle kits
transitiveengineeringTo place away from the centre; to make eccentric.
transitiveTo displace from the centre; (figurative) to make less prominent.
The Saidian critique was part of a great sea change, a conscious attempt to ‘decentre’ Europe or even to ‘provincialize’ it.
2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 14
2 more examples
The actress has responded to allegations against her by trying to proclaim a new era of the movement to stop sexual misconduct. But a more productive evolution would decenter celebrities like her.
2018 September 6, Spencer Kornhaber, “Asia Argento’s Confusing Call for #MeToo ‘Phase Two’”, in The Atlantic
This tension is not considered inconvenient as long as both phenomena are processed as countering racism: fostering diverse views to decenter whiteness, and countering white supremacy by pushing back at unfair expectations.
2021 January 18, John McWhorter, “Who’s the Snowflake Now?”, in The Atlantic