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demotion

demotion noun: an act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.

Noun

demotion (countable and uncountable, plural demotions)

  1. An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.
    • Unlike other previous Prelates, who were swiftly anointed bishops, Francis did not follow suit. Ocáriz remained a Monsignor. In the eyes of many observers, it was a demotion of Opus Dei.2024 March 16, Antonia Cundy, “The Opus Dei diaries”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18

demotion meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

demotion in Tamil

படி, பதவி இறக்குதல்

demotion in Kannada

ಹಿಂಬಡಿತ

demotion in Indonesian

An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status
demosi

Antonyms of demotion

Forms of demotion

pluraldemotions

Questions about demotion

What does demotion mean?
Demotion means an act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.
What is demotion in Tamil?
Demotion in Tamil is படி, பதவி இறக்குதல். See Demotion meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is demotion?
Demotion is a noun.
What is the plural of demotion?
The plural of demotion is demotions.

Words near demotion in the dictionary

  1. demoticism
  2. demoticist
  3. demoticists
  4. demotics
  5. demoting
  6. demotion
  7. demotions
  8. demotist
  9. demotists
  10. demotivate
  11. demotivated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demotion (page history and authors); demotion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demotion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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