Meanings
plural dethronements
- 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 240Synonyms: disenthronement
Synonyms & antonyms
nounRemoval from a superior place in a hierarchy.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
French détrônement
- détrônementthe act of being dethroned
Hungarian trónfosztás
- trónfosztásthe act of being dethroned
Polish detronizacja
- detronizacjathe act of being dethroned
Russian сверже́ние с престо́ла, сверже́ние
- сверже́ние с престо́ла (sveržénije s prestóla)the act of being dethroned
- сверже́ние (sveržénije)the act of being dethroned
Spanish destronamiento
- destronamientothe act of being dethroned
Ukrainian детронізація
- детронізація (detronizacija)the act of being dethroned
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dethronement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dethronement
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