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DETHRONEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dethronement mean? 

DETHRONEMENT (noun)
  The noun DETHRONEMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or officeplay

  Familiarity information: DETHRONEMENT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DETHRONEMENT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deposition; dethronement

Hypernyms ("dethronement" is a kind of...):

ouster; ousting (the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out)

Derivation:

dethrone (remove a monarch from the throne)


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