Dethronement

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office wordnet

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decoronationdeposaldepositiondepositiondeprivationdisbarment

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"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."

Etymology

From dethrone + -ment.

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