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supplantation

supplantation noun: the act of supplanting.

Noun

supplantation (countable and uncountable, plural supplantations)

  1. The act of supplanting.
    • Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness.c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Measure for Measure
  2. The condition of having been displaced.

Synonyms of supplantation

Forms of supplantation

pluralsupplantations

Origin of supplantation

* supplant + -ation * Contrast French supplantation, Latin supplantatio (“hypocritical deceit”)

Questions about supplantation

What does supplantation mean?
Supplantation means the act of supplanting.
What part of speech is supplantation?
Supplantation is a noun.
What is the plural of supplantation?
The plural of supplantation is supplantations.

Words near supplantation in the dictionary

  1. supplaced
  2. supplaces
  3. supplacing
  4. supplant
  5. supplantable
  6. supplantation
  7. supplantations
  8. supplanted
  9. supplanter
  10. supplanters
  11. supplantest

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