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decenter

decenter is the alternative spelling of decentre.

Meaning of decentre

Verb

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

  1. To remove the centre from.
    • to decentre the tyres from some model vehicle kits
  2. To place away from the centre; to make eccentric.
  3. To displace from the centre.
    • 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

Forms of decenter

third-person singular presentdecenters
present participledecentering
past participledecentered
pastdecentered

Origin of decenter

From de- + center.

Words that rhyme with decenter

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Questions about decenter

What is decenter the alternative spelling of?
Decenter is the alternative spelling of decentre.

Words near decenter in the dictionary

  1. decensored
  2. decensoring
  3. decensors
  4. decensorship
  5. decent
  6. decenter
  7. decentered
  8. decenterer
  9. decenterers
  10. decentering
  11. decenterings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decenter (page history and authors); decentre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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