dethronement

English

Etymology

From dethrone +‎ -ment.

Noun

dethronement (plural dethronements)

1. 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

• French: détrônement (fr) m
• Hungarian: trónfosztás (hu)
• Polish: detronizacja (pl) f
• Russian: сверже́ние с престо́ла n (sveržénije s prestóla), сверже́ние (ru) n (sveržénije)
• Spanish: destronamiento (es) m
• Ukrainian: детронізація f (detronizacija)

See also

• abdication

References

• “dethronement”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• dethronement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia