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dethronements

dethronements is the plural of dethronement.

Meaning of dethronement

Noun

dethronement (plural dethronements)

  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.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 240
    Synonyms:
    disenthronement

Questions about dethronements

What is dethronements the plural of?
Dethronements is the plural of dethronement.

Words near dethronements in the dictionary

  1. dethrombotic
  2. dethronable
  3. dethrone
  4. dethroned
  5. dethronement
  6. dethronements
  7. dethroner
  8. dethroners
  9. dethrones
  10. dethronest
  11. dethroneth

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