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dethronement

noun

Etymology

From dethrone + -ment.

  1. derived from θρόνος — “chair, throne”
  2. derived from thronus
  3. derived from trone
  4. inherited from trone
  5. formed as dethrone — “de- + throne”
  6. suffixed as dethronement — “dethrone + ment”

Definitions

  1. Removal from a superior place in a hierarchy.

    • 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.

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