dethronement
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English
Etymology
Noun
dethronement (plural dethronements)
- Removal from a superior place in a hierarchy.
- Synonym: disenthronement
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 240:
- I felt the first inkling of a thing that presently grew quite clear in my mind, that oppressed me for many days, a sense of dethronement, a persuasion that I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the Martian heel.
Translations
the act of being dethroned
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References
- “dethronement”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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