to decenter

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED def. 2 doesn't take into account this indispensible lit-crit term. It
means "to take away or refashion the central organizing principle of," as
well as "to remove from a position of central interest."

E.g.,

"The recognition of Third-World authors decenters the traditional canon."

"The poet decenters the human agent from the political events described."


I don't have real exx. handy, so you'll have to take these on faith.

JL
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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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